Why dissociation and schizotypy overlap: The joint influence of fantasy proneness, cognitive failures, and childhood trauma

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 812-818

  Giesbrecht, Timo ^a,b   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Kater, Maartje ^a   Sluis, Anne Fetsje ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Cognitive failures; Dissociation; Fantasy proneness; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FAILURES QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY SCALE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 38449096205     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181568137     Document Type: Article

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