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Self-pluralism and dissociation.

Hubert Suszek1

  • 1Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland. hubert@psych.uw.edu.pl

Psychological Reports
|April 14, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Self-pluralism, the tendency to see oneself as multiple, is linked to dissociative experiences. Higher self-pluralism scores correlated with increased overall dissociation, absorption, depersonalization, and amnesia in students.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Dissociative experiences are disruptions in the normally integrated functions of identity, memory, consciousness, and perception.
  • Self-pluralism, or the perception of the self as composed of multiple distinct entities, is a less explored psychological construct.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between self-pluralism and various facets of dissociative experiences.
  • To determine if a higher degree of self-pluralism is associated with increased dissociative symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • A quantitative correlational study was conducted with 100 undergraduate students.
  • Participants completed the Self-pluralism Scale (SPS) and the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES).
  • Statistical analysis involved calculating Pearson correlation coefficients to assess the strength and direction of relationships.

Main Results:

  • A significant positive correlation was found between self-pluralism scores and overall dissociation (r=.50, p<.001).
  • Specific subscales of the DES also showed significant positive correlations: Absorption (r=.54, p<.001), Depersonalization (r=.43, p<.001), and Amnesia (r=.28, p<.01).
  • These findings indicate that individuals perceiving themselves as more pluralistic report higher levels of dissociative symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Self-pluralism is positively associated with dissociative experiences, suggesting a potential link between the cognitive representation of self and dissociative tendencies.
  • The results support the notion that a more fragmented or pluralistic self-concept may predispose individuals to or co-occur with dissociative phenomena.
  • Further research is warranted to explore the underlying mechanisms and clinical implications of this relationship.

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