Absorption, Fantasy Proneness, and Trance: Dissociative Pathways of Affective Self-Regulation in Trauma
RUNE 2011 Natasha M. Loi
This thesis set out to investigate the role of dissociation in the human response to traumatic events. The overarching aim was to determine if different forms of exposure to trauma are related to an individual's ability to employ dissociations in experience to self-regulate emotional responses. The role of individual differences in the related personality traits of absorption, fantasy...