RT Journal Article
T1 Predictors of trait dissociation and peritraumatic dissociation induced via cold pressor.
A1 Gómez-Pérez, Lidia
A1 López-Martínez, Alicia Eva
A1 Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
K1 Trastornos disociativos
K1 Mecanismos de defensa (Psicología)
AB Understanding which factors predict individual dissociative response during stressful situations is important to clarify the nature of dissociation and the mechanisms associated to its use as a coping strategy. The present study examined (1) whether experiential avoidance (EA), anxiety sensitivity (AS), depressive symptoms, and state anxiety concurrently predicted trait dissociation (TD)-absorption, amnesia, depersonalization, and total TD scores-and laboratory induced dissociation (LID); and (2) whether TD and catastrophizing predicted LID. We also examined whether catastrophizing mediated the relationships between both AS and depressive symptoms and LID. A total of 101 female undergraduate students participated in a cold pressor task, which significantly induced dissociation. Results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that AS at Time 1 (9 months before the experimental session), as well as depressive symptoms and catastrophizing at the time of the experiment (Time 2), predicted LID at Time 2. Depressive symptoms at Time 2 predicted total TD, absorption, and amnesia scores. AS at Time 1 and depressive symptoms at Time 2 predicted depersonalization. AS, depressive symptoms, and catastrophizing seem to facilitate the use of dissociative strategies by healthy individuals, even in response to non-traumatic but discomforting
PB Elsevier
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37985
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37985
LA eng
NO Gómez-Pérez, L., López Martínez, A. E., & Asmundson, G. J. G. (2013). Predictors of trait dissociation and peritraumatic dissociation induced via cold pressor. Psychiatry Research, 210, 274-280. DOI: 0.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.001
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/16060
NO Part of the research was conducted when the first author was supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Innovation (FPU, AP2005-1629. 2007 2010 National Scientific Research, Technologic Development, and Innovation). This work has been also supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PSI2008-01803/PSIC),  the Andalusian County Council (Proyectos Excelencia Junta de Andalucía, P07-SEJ-3067) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-PSD-178753-49284).
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