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Published on: March 8, 2018
Traumatic Experiences and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Dissociation
Gianluca Santoro1, Lucia Sideli2, Fanny Gugliemucci3
1Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE-Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, Enna.
Abstract:
Accumulating evidence suggests that obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCSs) are positively associated with exposure to traumatic experiences and dissociative symptoms in both clinical and community samples. The current study was aimed at investigating the relationships between traumatic experiences, dissociation, and OCSs. A sample of 333 community adults (56.8% females) aged from 18 to 56 years (mean [SD], 25.64 [6.70] years) completed measures on traumatic experiences, dissociative symptoms, and OCSs. A structural equation modeling (SEM) framework was used to test if dissociative symptoms mediated the relationship between traumatic experiences and OCSs. SEM analyses showed that dissociation fully mediated the predictive association between traumatic experiences of emotional neglect and abuse and OCSs in the sample. Accordingly, some individuals suffering from OCSs might benefit from clinical interventions aimed at processing and integrating traumatic experiences.
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