- Title
- Psychoform and somatoform dissociation in a clinical sample of Australian adolescents
- Creator
- Pullin, Melanie A.; Webster, Rosemary A.; Hanstock, Tanya L.
- Relation
- Journal of Trauma and Dissociation Vol. 15, Issue 1, p. 66-78
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2013.828149
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- 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.
- Subject
- adolescents; trauma; psychoform dissociation; somatoform dissociation; SDQ-20; A-DES
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306965
- Identifier
- uon:21297
- Identifier
- ISSN:1529-9732
- Language
- eng
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