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Title: | Psychoform and Somatoform Dissociation in a Clinical Sample of Australian Adolescents | Contributor(s): | Pullin, Melanie A (author); Webster, Rosemary A (author); Hanstock, Tanya (author) | Publication Date: | 2014 | DOI: | 10.1080/15299732.2013.828149 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14185 | Abstract: | Psychoform dissociation has been researched more than somatoform dissociation. The Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20), a commonly used adult measure of somatoform dissociation, is increasingly being used with adolescents internationally. We compared psychoform and somatoform dissociation in a mixed clinical adolescent sample. A total of 71 adolescents (12-18 years old) attending Australian community mental health and counseling services completed the SDQ-20 and the Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale, a commonly used measure of adolescent psychoform dissociation. The participants' treating clinicians provided participants' demographic details and mental health diagnoses. We found that 41% of participants reported high levels of psychoform dissociation and 21% reported high levels of somatoform dissociation. Both dissociation types were positively correlated. Neither was significantly related to participants' age, gender, or mental health diagnoses. Participants with more than 1 Axis I mental health diagnosis had higher levels of somatoform dissociation than participants with only 1 or no Axis I mental health diagnosis. This study is the first to examine somatoform dissociation in Australian adolescents and enables initial international comparisons. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 15(1), p. 66-78 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1529-9740 1529-9732 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing 170202 Decision Making 170101 Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520101 Child and adolescent development 520401 Cognition 520202 Behavioural neuroscience |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920199 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200199 Clinical health not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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