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Published on: March 8, 2018
Positive schizotypy and trait dissociation as vulnerability factors for post-traumatic distress
Craig Steel1, Misbah Mahmood, Emily A Holmes
1Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK. c.steel@reading.ac.uk
Objective:
This study investigated whether trait positive schizotypy or trait dissociation was associated with increased levels of data-driven processing and symptoms of post-traumatic distress following a road traffic accident.
Methods:
Forty-five survivors of road traffic accidents were recruited from a London Accident and Emergency service. Each completed measures of trait positive schizotypy, trait dissociation, data-driven processing, and post-traumatic stress.
Results:
Trait positive schizotypy was associated with increased levels of data-driven processing and post-traumatic symptoms during a road traffic accident, whereas trait dissociation was not.
Conclusions:
Previous results which report a significant relationship between trait dissociation and post-traumatic symptoms may be an artefact of the relationship between trait positive schizotypy and trait dissociation.
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