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  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Trauma Studies

Background:

  • The evolutionary defense cascade model offers a framework for understanding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) subtypes.
  • Existing dissociative measures often lack theoretical grounding, relying on heuristic item selection.
  • The Shutdown Dissociation Scale (Shut-D) was developed based on defense stages: fright, flag, and faint.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Shut-D, a structured interview for assessing vulnerability to shutdown dissociation.
  • To examine the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Shut-D.
  • To determine if the Shut-D can differentiate individuals exposed to trauma from healthy controls.

Main Methods:

  • A structured interview, the Shut-D, was administered to 225 patients with trauma histories and 68 healthy controls.
  • Psychometric properties assessed included internal consistency, retest reliability, and predictive, convergent, and criterion-related concurrent validity.
  • Statistical analyses were performed to determine the scale's factor structure and discriminative ability.

Main Results:

  • The Shut-D demonstrated sufficient internal reliability and excellent retest reliability.
  • High convergent validity and satisfactory predictive validity were observed.
  • The scale reliably distinguished between patients with trauma exposure and healthy controls across various diagnostic groups.

Conclusions:

  • The Shut-D is a brief, reliable, and valid structured interview for assessing vulnerability to shutdown dissociation.
  • The scale possesses strong psychometric properties, making it valuable for research and clinical practice.
  • The Shut-D can aid in assessing shutdown dissociation and predicting dissociative response risk in trauma survivors.