Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
August 2, 2025
P. G. Rossini, Francesca Malandrone, Mariagrazia Merola et al.
ABSTRACT This study aimed to validate the Italian version of the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory (MDI-ITA) and to assess its psychometric properties in a non-clinical sample. The MDI was translated and culturally adapted following established guidelines. A total of 439 Italian-speaking adults participated in the study and filled out the MDI-ITA and other assessment tools for dissociation...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
April 7, 2025
Sarah K. Danböck, Yoki L. Mertens, Patricia Kulla et al.
3 citations
Dissociative symptoms constitute a transdiagnostic phenomenon not only characterizing dissociative disorders but also occurring across a broad range of other mental disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder or borderline personality disorder. In the latter disorders, dissociative symptoms such as depersonalization, derealization, or gaps in awareness significantly burden patients'...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
September 24, 2024
A. Vancappel, Claudie Chavigny, Lyna Chami et al.
ABSTRACT Dissociation is a widespread difficulty among patients suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, there is no gold standard treatment for dissociative symptoms. Recent studies propose a cognitive and behavioral conceptualization for dissociation. The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of a group program of Dissociation-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
December 20, 2023
H. Fung, M. Wong, Andrew Moskowitz et al.
ABSTRACT The association and overlap between psychotic and dissociative phenomena have been increasingly recognized. Previous studies found that psychotic symptoms are closely associated with post-traumatic and dissociative symptoms and that these trauma-related phenomena may mediate the relationship between trauma and psychotic symptoms. It remained less explored which specific post-traumatic...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
July 4, 2023
A. Vancappel, C. Hingray, C. Réveillère et al.
ABSTRACT Introduction A number of studies have investigated the relationship between mindfulness and dissociation and suggested that mindfulness-based interventions could be effective in the treatment of dissociative symptoms. A recent study in healthy volunteers found that attention and emotional acceptance mediates this relationship. However, no study has yet been performed among a clinical...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
April 15, 2022
D. Simeon, Frank W. Putnam
ABSTRACT Our aim was to examine U.S. national prevalence of pathological dissociation (PD) likely indicative of dissociative disorder, and associated morbidity, comorbidity, and childhood maltreatment. PD was assessed in 6,644 participants in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, a nationally representative adult survey. Seven of the eight pathological dissociation taxon items were...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
June 2, 2021
Fabio D’Antoni, Susanna Feruglio, Alessio Matiz et al.
ABSTRACT Dissociation is an involuntary defensive mechanism to protect oneself by avoiding unbearable internal conflicts or overwhelming emotions. Cultivating mindful awareness could allow the development of voluntary processes that can offer part of the self-protective function of dissociation while favoring internal integration processes. The aim of the present study was to explore the...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
September 17, 2020
Everton de Oliveira Maraldi, A. Costa, Alexandre Cunha et al.
13 citations
We read with great interest the editorial by Krüger (2020) in which she provides a review of some of the cultural aspects of dissociation and trauma. We especially appreciate her call for the study of the “entire spectrum of dissociation” (p. 1) from normal to pathological. We have been working along similar lines (e.g., Maraldi et al., 2017; Maraldi et al., 2019) and would like to take the...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
March 1, 2020
A. Löffler, N. Kleindienst, S. Cackowski et al.
ABSTRACT Body ownership, i.e., the certainty that own body parts belongs to oneself, is a fundamental feature of self-consciousness. Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often show symptoms of dissociation, describing a state of detachment from reality including their own body. However, up to now, there is no study that a) quantifies body ownership experiences in BPD, b) compares...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
August 10, 2018
C. Forner
ABSTRACT Mindfulness based psychotherapeutic interventions have shown to be an effective intervention for quite some time now. These intervention, however, have not been that successful with individuals who experience dissociative disorders. There is a very clear disconnect between these two fields. In an attempt to close the gap, reviewing what mindfulness might be from an attachment and human...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
September 17, 2015
Nicole C A Tzannidakis, Paul Frewen
Research supports the existence of a dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder, although studies have not directly compared the perceived impact of dissociative versus nondissociative posttraumatic symptoms on social and occupational functioning. In addition, research is beginning to differentiate between posttraumatic distress associated with normal waking consciousness (NWC) and...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
September 17, 2015
Paul Frewen, Kathleen Hegadoren, Nikolas Coupland et al.
A theoretical framework referred to as a 4-D model has been described for classifying posttraumatic stress symptoms into those potentially occurring within normal waking consciousness (NWC) versus those thought to intrinsically exemplify dissociative experiences, specifically, trauma-related altered states of consciousness (TRASC). As a further test of this theoretical distinction, this...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
March 20, 2014
Paul Frewen, Ruth A. Lanius
59 citations
Frewen and Lanius (in press) recently articulated a 4-D model as a framework for classifying symptoms of posttraumatic stress into those that potentially occur within normal waking consciousness (NWC) versus those that intrinsically represent dissociative experiences of trauma-related altered states of consciousness (TRASC). Four dimensions were specified: time-memory, thought, body, and...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
2014
S. Perona-Garcelán, J. García-Montes, J. F. Rodríguez-Testal et al.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood traumas, mindfulness, and dissociation (more specifically, absorption and depersonalization) in healthy subjects with and without hallucination proneness. A sample of 318 subjects was given the Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale–Revised (R. P. Bentall & P. Slade, 1985). From this sample, 2 groups were formed: one with...
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation
July 6, 2011
S. Perona-Garcelán, Francisco Carrascoso-López, J. García-Montes et al.
The purpose of this work was to study the potentially mediating role of certain dissociative factors, such as depersonalization, between self-focused attention and auditory hallucinations. A total of 59 patients diagnosed with schizophrenic disorder completed a self-focused attention scale (M. F. Scheier & C. S. Carver, 1985), the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (M. Sierra & G. E. Berrios,...