Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
February 28, 2022
S. Lynn, Craig P. Polizzi, Harald Merckelbach et al.
For more than 30 years, the posttraumatic model (PTM) and the sociocognitive model (SCM) of dissociation have vied for attention and empirical support. We contend that neither perspective provides a satisfactory account and that dissociation and dissociative disorders (e.g., depersonalization/derealization disorder, dissociative identity disorder) can be understood as failures of normally...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
June 7, 2018
Charlotte Martial, Héléna Cassol, Vanessa Charland-Verville et al.
70 citations
Little is known about the personality characteristics of those who have experienced a "Near-Death Experience" (NDE). One interesting candidate is fantasy proneness. We studied this trait in individuals who developed NDEs in the presence (i.e., classical NDEs) or absence (i.e., NDEs-like) of a life-threatening situation. We surveyed a total of 228 individuals. From those, 108 qualified as NDE...
Psychiatry Research
August 30, 2015
Dalena van Heugten-van der Kloet, Timo Giesbrecht, Janelle H. P. van Wel et al.
Some drugs of abuse may produce dissociative symptoms, but this aspect has been understudied. We explored the dissociative potential of three recreational drugs (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), cannabis, and cocaine) during intoxication and compared their effects to literature reports of dissociative states in various samples. Two placebo-controlled studies were conducted. In Study 1...
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
February 2012
Dalena Van der Kloet, Timo Giesbrecht, Steven Jay Lynn et al.
We conducted a longitudinal study to investigate the relation between sleep experiences and dissociative symptoms in a mixed inpatient sample at a private clinic evaluated on arrival and at discharge 6 to 8 weeks later. Using hierarchical regression analyses and structural equation modeling, we found a link between sleep experiences and dissociative symptoms and determined that specifically...
Psychological Bulletin
September 2008
Timo Giesbrecht, Steven Jay Lynn, Scott O Lilienfeld et al.
Dissociation is typically defined as the lack of normal integration of thoughts, feelings, and experiences into consciousness and memory. The present article critically evaluates the research literature on cognitive processes in dissociation. The authors' review indicates that dissociation is characterized by subtle deficits in neuropsychological performance (e.g., heightened distractibility)....