Dissociative tendencies and developmental disruptions in children of dissociative disordered adults

Acute stress disorder (ASD) is purportedly characterized by impaired encoding of aversive material. In this study ASD, trauma-exposed non-ASD, and non-traumatized control participants (N = 45) were administered intermixed presentations of either distressing (i.e. disfigured) or neutral faces. For each presentation, two words were presented centrally to the image and two were presented peripherally. Participants were subsequently administered recall and recognition tests for the presented words. Participants recalled more words presented centrally to neutral images than those presented centrally to trauma images. Dissociative tendencies were negatively correlated with recognition of words centrally presented with distressing stimuli. These findings are consistent with the proposal that dissociative reactions are associated with impaired memory for distress-related information.

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Dissociative Tendencies in Suicidal, Depressed, and Normal Adolescents

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1521/jscp.1995.14.4.393 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 393-408 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Israel Orbach ◽

Peri Kedem ◽

Lilach Herman ◽

Alan Apter

Keyword(s):

Dissociative Tendencies ◽

Normal Adolescents

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Dissociative Tendencies and Dual-Task Load

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1541931215591168 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 711-715

Author(s):

William S. Helton ◽

Paul N. Russell ◽

Martin J. Dorahy

Keyword(s):

Dual Task ◽

Task Load ◽

Dissociative Tendencies

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Personality factors from the five-factor model of personality that predict dissociative tendencies in a clinical population

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/s0191-8869(01)00101-5 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 969-976 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Gary Groth-Marnat ◽

Melinda Jeffs

Keyword(s):

Factor Model ◽

Five Factor Model ◽

Clinical Population ◽

Personality Factors ◽

Dissociative Tendencies

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Who Engages with Supernatural Entities? An Investigation of Personality and Cognitive Style Predictors

Imagination Cognition and Personality ◽

10.1177/02762366211065677 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 027623662110656

Author(s):

Joshua Wilt ◽

Nick Stauner ◽

Ross W. May ◽

Frank D. Fincham ◽

Kenneth I Pargament ◽

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Keyword(s):

Religious Belief ◽

Self Report ◽

Need For Closure ◽

Confirmatory Factor ◽

Two Factors ◽

Report Data ◽

Dissociative Tendencies ◽

Self Report Data ◽

Perceived Experiences ◽

The Devil

We tested preregistered hypotheses (a) examining the structure of supernatural beliefs and perceived experiences and (b) predicting supernatural engagement from the Big Five and cognitive styles. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of self-report data in the U.S. undergraduates (Study 1: n = 1,401; Study 2: n = 1,939) showed that beliefs and perceived experiences were characterized by two factors. Positive and Negative Agents factors related strongly to religious belief salience and were defined by God, the devil, angels, demons, and ghosts/spirits, whereas Forces and Spirits factors were unrelated to religious belief salience and were defined by fate/destiny, karma, and ghosts/spirits. Extraversion, conscientiousness, experiential processing, schizotypy, and dissociative tendencies related positively to supernatural engagement. With some nuances, agreeableness, neuroticism, and need for closure were positive predictors, whereas skepticism and analytical-rational processing were negative predictors. Openness and intellectual humility did not relate positively to supernatural engagement, contradicting expectations. Because the literature on individual differences predictors of supernatural engagement is not well integrated, these results may contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of this topic.

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