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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
Volume 210, Issue 1, Pages 274-280Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.001
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Peritraumatic dissociation; Trait dissociation; Dissociative Experience Scale; Anxiety sensitivity; Cold pressor; Stress; Catastrophizing
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- Spanish Ministry of Education and Innovation (FPU) [AP2005-1629]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [PSI2008-01803/PSIC]
- Andalusian County Council (Proyectos Excelencia Junta de Andalucia) [P07-SEJ-3067]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-PSD-178753-49284]
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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 stress. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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