The dissociative experiences taxon is related to fantasy proneness

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 769-772

  Giesbrecht, Timo ^a,b   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Geraerts, Elke ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Dissociative experiences scale taxon; Fantasy proneness; Nondissociative disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FANTASY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; TAXON; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 38449095842     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318142ce55     Document Type: Article

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