Reduction in dissociation due to aging and cognitive deficit

Walker, Raymond J.; Gregory, Jerry; Oakley, S.; Bloch, Richard T.; Gardner, Michelle

doi:10.1016/s0010-440x(96)90047-4

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“…A simple regression revealed age to be a significant predictor of dissociation, F (1,180) = 8.13, p = .005, R 2 = .04. This is consistent with the literature (Walker et al, 1996), and age was included as a covariate in the mediation analysis. In addition, education was a significant predictor of both intrusion and suppression efforts, such that those without a college degree ( M = 26.97, SD = 8.78 and M = 14.81, SD = 3.35, respectively) scored higher than those with a college degree ( M = 24.08, SD = 8.91), t (185) = 2.23, p = .027 and M = 13.21, SD = 3.72, t (185) = 3.08, p = .003, respectively.…”

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From daydreaming to dissociation: An exploratory study on the role of thought suppression and dissociation in fantasy prone individuals.

Duarte

Joseph

Falcone

et al. 2022

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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Fantasy proneness (FP) is a personality trait associated with dissociation and psychopathology; however, it is also helpful in creative pursuits and part of normative human experiences. This study examined the role of thought suppression factors in the relationship between FP, measured by the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ), and dissociative experiences, measured by the Dissociative Experiences Scale II (DES-II), in a nonclinical sample (N = 187). Results from a principal component analysis (PCA) supported a two-factor structure of the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI), consisting of thought intrusion and suppression effort. Results from a parallel mediation analysis indicated that thought intrusion mediated the relationship between FP and dissociation, while suppression effort did not. Furthermore, the mediation effect of thought intrusion was particularly strong for the relationship between FP and the DES-Taxon (DES-T), a subscale that captures potential pathological dissociative experiences. Our findings provide insight into a mechanism that may connect the adaptive use of fantasy to the development of maladaptive dissociative behaviors.

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From daydreaming to dissociation: An exploratory study on the role of thought suppression and dissociation in fantasy prone individuals.

Duarte

Joseph

Falcone

et al. 2022

Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice

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“…Our failure to find a straightforward connection between dissociative experiences and PTSDrelated distress in aging concentration camp survivors may have to do with the fact that aging is often accompanied by a reduction of dissociative experiences. 23 Perhaps, then, dissociative experiences and PTSD symptoms follow different trajectories in this category of traumatized individuals. Although previous work 16 has drawn attention to the fact that dissociative symptoms may persist after PTSD symptoms have resided, the current findings suggest that the reversed pattern is also possible.…”

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Dissociative symptoms and amnesia in Dutch concentration camp survivors

Dekkers

Wessel

Roefs

2003

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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We examined to what extent dissociative phenomena in concentration camp survivors are related to posttraumatic stress symptoms. Self-reports of amnesia for traumatic war events and other dissociative experiences were studied in a sample of 31 Dutch survivors of World War II (WWII) Japanese concentration camps. Seventeen survivors treated for war-related psychiatric symptoms were compared to 14 concentration camp survivors who had no psychiatric diagnosis. Although survivors who received treatment scored significantly higher on the Impact of Event Scale and the Post-Traumatic Symptom Scale than control survivors, the two groups did not differ in terms of accessibility of war memories or dissociative experiences. Levels of post-traumatic stress symptoms were not significantly correlated with dissociative experiences. In both groups, reports of psychogenic amnesia for traumatic events were rare. Our results support previous studies demonstrating that post-traumatic stress symptoms are not necessarily accompanied by dissociative experiences. They also contradict the suggestion that amnesia is a common phenomenon in people who have been exposed to war atrocities.

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“…This finding confirms previous observations of a decline in dissociative tendencies with age (e.g., Ross, Joshi, & Currie, 1990;Ross, Ryan, Anderson, Ross, & Hardy, 1989). According to Walker, Gregory, Oakley, Bloch, and Gardner (1996), this decline is a genuine consequence of the aging process and not of any age-related cognitive deficit. Regardless of its bases, the result does indicate the importance of taking due account of extraneous factors such as age and gender in any regression analysis of dissociation scores.…”

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Dissociative tendencies and the sitting duck: Are self-reports of dissociation and victimization symptomatic of neuroticism?

Irwin

1998

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Previous research has shown dissociative tendencies are related to a reported history of childhood abuse. A recent study by Johnson, Edman, and Danko (1995) suggested, however, that dissociation may be associated with a more general tendency to recall and report negative life experiences. Johnson and colleagues hypothesized that the relationship between dissociation and self-reported victimization stems from their shared origin as neurotic symptoms. In a test of this hypothesis, Australian adults (N = 92) were administered the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire-Brief, the Bad Things Scale, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed a significant relationship between dissociation and self-reported victimization even after the contribution of neuroticism had been removed. Schizotypy also was found to be a predictor of dissociative tendencies. The hypothesis of Johnson and colleagues was rejected. The findings are discussed in relation to traumagenic models of dissociation.

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Reduction in dissociation due to aging and cognitive deficit

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

From daydreaming to dissociation: An exploratory study on the role of thought suppression and dissociation in fantasy prone individuals.

From daydreaming to dissociation: An exploratory study on the role of thought suppression and dissociation in fantasy prone individuals.

Dissociative symptoms and amnesia in Dutch concentration camp survivors

Dissociative tendencies and the sitting duck: Are self-reports of dissociation and victimization symptomatic of neuroticism?

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