Development of the Hebrew-Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (H-MID): A Valid and Reliable Measure of Pathological Dissociation

Somer, Eli; Dell, Paul F.

doi:10.1300/j229v06n01_03

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“…The differences are stark. In the mixed samples (Dell, 2006a;Somer & Dell, 2005), mean MID scores were significantly correlated with TEQ scores (rs = .38 to .70; median r = .56), whereas this was not the case with our sample of schizophrenia patients (rs = -.22 to .08; median r = -.02). This result raises a question: Is this finding a Type II error, or does the MID measure something different in schizophrenia patients than it does in DID?…”

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“…Because the TEQ was not administered to the DID patients, we compared the MID and TEQ data from the schizophrenia patients with the MID and TEQ data from two previous studies of mixed samples of clinical and nonclinical participants (Dell, 2006a;Somer & Dell, 2005; see Table 5). The differences are stark.…”

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Dissociation and Psychosis in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Schizophrenia

Laddis

Dell²

2012

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

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Dissociative symptoms, first-rank symptoms of schizophrenia, and delusions were assessed in 40 schizophrenia patients and 40 dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients with the Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID). Schizophrenia patients were diagnosed with the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IV Axis I Disorders; DID patients were diagnosed with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders-Revised. DID patients obtained significantly (a) higher dissociation scores; (b) higher passive-influence scores (first-rank symptoms); and (c) higher scores on scales that measure child voices, angry voices, persecutory voices, voices arguing, and voices commenting. Schizophrenia patients obtained significantly higher delusion scores than did DID patients. What is odd is that the dissociation scores of schizophrenia patients were unrelated to their reports of childhood maltreatment. Multiple regression analyses indicated that 81% of the variance in DID patients' dissociation scores was predicted by the MID's Ego-Alien Experiences Scale, whereas 92% of the variance in schizophrenia patients' dissociation scores was predicted by the MID's Voices Scale. We propose that schizophrenia patients' responses to the MID do not index the same pathology as do the responses of DID patients. We argue that neither phenomenological definitions of dissociation nor the current generation of dissociation instruments (which are uniformly phenomenological in nature) can distinguish between the dissociative phenomena of DID and what we suspect are just the dissociation-like phenomena of schizophrenia.

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Dissociation and Psychosis in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Schizophrenia

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Dell²

2012

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“…The MID was translated into Hebrew and the translated version was used with the Israeli sample. Previous analyses of the psychometric properties of the Hebrew version of the MID (Somer & Dell, 2005) yielded promising findings. The H-MID total score and the 13 primary scales were significantly correlated with the DES (r = .53-.70) and with the total number of traumas endorsed.…”

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Abuse History and Pathological Dissociation Among Israeli and American College Students: A Comparative Study

Lauterbach

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Journal of Trauma & Dissociation

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This paper has three objectives: (1) to compare the abuse histories of American and Israeli college students, (2) to closely examine the different types of dissociative experiences among these students, and (3) to compare the dissociative experiences of American and Israeli college students. The US sample reported higher levels of abuse than the Israeli sample. The US and Israeli samples did not differ in overall level of dissociation but the US sample had higher rank-ordered scores for five kinds of dissociation: Flashbacks, Somatoform Dissociation, Persecutory Voices, Temporarily Dissociated Knowledge or Skills, and Being Told of Disremembered Behavior.

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“…It is recommended that further research is undertaken in this area with a view to developing our understanding regarding this relationship. Somer & Dell, 2005)) 3. Multiple regression analysis showed that the significant predictor of dissociation in the Schizophrenia group was voices and in the DID group was ego-alien experiences amnesia, absorption and depersonalisation scores) and AH's and intensity (multiple) of trauma.…”

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