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Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning

Background: Extensive research has demonstrated the positive associations among the exposure to traumatic experiences, the levels of dissociation, and the severity of psychiatric symptoms in adults. However, it has been hypothesized in clinical literature that an excessive activation of the dissocia...

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Autores principales: Granieri, Antonella, Guglielmucci, Fanny, Costanzo, Antonino, Caretti, Vincenzo, Schimmenti, Adriano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29887807
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00206
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author Granieri, Antonella
Guglielmucci, Fanny
Costanzo, Antonino
Caretti, Vincenzo
Schimmenti, Adriano
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description Background: Extensive research has demonstrated the positive associations among the exposure to traumatic experiences, the levels of dissociation, and the severity of psychiatric symptoms in adults. However, it has been hypothesized in clinical literature that an excessive activation of the dissociative processes following multiple traumatic experiences may jeopardize the psychological and behavioral functioning of the individuals, fostering higher levels of maladaptive personality functioning. Methods: The study involved 322 adult volunteers from Italy. Participants completed measures on traumatic experiences, dissociation, and maladaptive personality traits. Results: The number of traumatic experiences reported by participants were positively associated with dissociation scores and maladaptive personality scores. Mediation analyses showed that dissociation acted as a partial mediator in the relationship between traumatic experiences and overall maladaptive personality functioning. Regression curve analyses showed that the positive association between maladaptive personality functioning and dissociation was stronger among participants with higher exposure to traumatic experiences. Conclusion: Exposure to multiple traumatic experiences may increase the risk for an excessive activation of the dissociative processes, which in turn may generate severe impairments in multiple domains of personality functioning.
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spelling pubmed-59809862018-06-08 Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning Granieri, Antonella Guglielmucci, Fanny Costanzo, Antonino Caretti, Vincenzo Schimmenti, Adriano Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Background: Extensive research has demonstrated the positive associations among the exposure to traumatic experiences, the levels of dissociation, and the severity of psychiatric symptoms in adults. However, it has been hypothesized in clinical literature that an excessive activation of the dissociative processes following multiple traumatic experiences may jeopardize the psychological and behavioral functioning of the individuals, fostering higher levels of maladaptive personality functioning. Methods: The study involved 322 adult volunteers from Italy. Participants completed measures on traumatic experiences, dissociation, and maladaptive personality traits. Results: The number of traumatic experiences reported by participants were positively associated with dissociation scores and maladaptive personality scores. Mediation analyses showed that dissociation acted as a partial mediator in the relationship between traumatic experiences and overall maladaptive personality functioning. Regression curve analyses showed that the positive association between maladaptive personality functioning and dissociation was stronger among participants with higher exposure to traumatic experiences. Conclusion: Exposure to multiple traumatic experiences may increase the risk for an excessive activation of the dissociative processes, which in turn may generate severe impairments in multiple domains of personality functioning. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5980986/ /pubmed/29887807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00206 Text en Copyright © 2018 Granieri, Guglielmucci, Costanzo, Caretti and Schimmenti. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Costanzo, Antonino
Caretti, Vincenzo
Schimmenti, Adriano
Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning
title Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning
title_full Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning
title_fullStr Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning
title_full_unstemmed Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning
title_short Trauma-Related Dissociation Is Linked With Maladaptive Personality Functioning
title_sort trauma-related dissociation is linked with maladaptive personality functioning
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5980986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29887807
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00206
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