Sleep experiences, dissociation, imaginal experiences, and schizotypy: The role of context

The Mediating Role of Pathological Worry in Associations Between Dissociative Experiences and Sleep Quality Among Health Staff

“…The current preliminary evidence provided support for the cognitive avoidance hypothesis in sleep problems. Our results are consistent with the previous findings highlighting the predictive value of dissociative absorption on sleep-related outcomes (Fassler et al, 2006;Knox & Lynn, 2014;Soffer-Dudek et al, 2017). Furthermore, intriguingly, dissociative amnesia was a significant determinant of poor sleep quality through pathological worry.…”

“…A subset of sleep experiences were significantly associated with suggestibility (Fassler, Knox, & Lynn, 2006). Expanding these findings, Knox and Lynn (2014) evidenced for significant associations of sleep experiences with dissociation, fantasy proneness and schizotypy.…”

Self-reports of trauma and dissociation: An examination of context effects

“…Our findings are consistent with a growing number of studies, reviewed above, that have called for a careful examination of context effects in drawing conclusions regarding correlations between measures and constructs of interest to researchers (see also Knox & Lynn, 2014). Our research implies that it is necessary to consider the test context as a potential moderator of the relation between measures of dissociation and trauma and that previous studies, which did not control for context effects, might have reported findings that reflect an inflated link between trauma and dissociation.…”

“…and sociocultural influences). Theoretical differences aside, advocates of the competing models (Dalenberg et al, 2012;Lynn et al, 2014) have arrived at a consensus that multifactorial models, which consider the potentially interactive influences of a variety of moderating and/or mediating variables, including trauma, sociocognitive variables, family dynamics, and genetic variation, are necessary to provide a complete account of dissociation and dissociative disorders.…”

Dissociative absorption: An empirically unique, clinically relevant, dissociative factor

“…Future research may benefit from the use of additional assessment methods, such as structured diagnostic interviews. Inflated correlations may also stem from test context effects, i.e., from the fact that several measures are administered together (see Council, Kirsch, & Hafner, 1986;Knox & Lynn, 2014). However, it is notable that absorption remained a uniquely significant predictor of obsessive-compulsive symptoms even when measurements were separated by a three month interval.…”