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Development and the fragmented self: Longitudinal study of dissociative symptomatology in a nonclinical sample

OGAWA, JOHN R., SROUFE, L. ALAN, WEINFIELD, NANCY S., CARLSON, ELIZABETH A., EGELAND, BYRON·1997·Development and Psychopathology
DOI 10.1017/s0954579497001478
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Dissociative behaviors and their relation to both the self and self-organization were examined using the developmental psychopathology perspective in a prospective longitudinal study of high-risk children. Participants were 168 young adults (n = 79 females, n = 89 males, age = 18-19 years) considered high-risk for poor developmental outcomes at birth due to poverty. The present study investigated whether trauma, sense of self, quality of early mother-child relationship, temperament, and intelligence were related to dissociative symptomatology measured at four times across 19 years. Findings were (a) age of onset, chronicity and severity of trauma were highly correlated and predicted level of dissociation; (b) both the avoidant and disorganized patterns of attachment were strong predictors of dissociation; (c) dissociation in childhood may be a more normative response to disruption and stress, while dissociation in adolescence and young adulthood may be more indicative of psychopathology; (d) preliminary support was found for a model proposed by G. Liotti that links disorganized attachment, later trauma, and dissociation in adulthood; and (e) strong support was found for N. Waller, F. W. Putnam, and E. B. Carlson's contention that psychopathological dissociation should not be viewed as the top end of a continuum of dissociative symptomatology, but as a separate taxon that represents an extreme deviation from normal development.

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  • Research in BPD has found reasonably strong relationships between dissociation and childhood trauma, especially sexual abuse, physical abuse, attachment difficulties, and parental neglect.

    “Research in BPD has found reasonably strong relationships between dissociation and childhood trauma, especially sexual abuse [118, 121–124], physical abuse, attachment difficulties, and parental neglect [118, 125, 126]”

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Authors
OGAWA, J. R., SROUFE, L. A., WEINFIELD, N. S., CARLSON, E. A., & EGELAND, B.
Affiliations
University of Minnesota (US)
ORCID
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
1997-12
Volume
9
Issue
4
Pages
855-879
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
DOI
10.1017/s0954579497001478
OpenAlex
W2171452271
Cited by
649
References
0
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FWCI
4.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Public Health Service (MC-R-270416)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH 40864, R01MH040864)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
Keywords
dissociation, developmental psychopathology, disorganized attachment, trauma, selfhood, mother-child relationship, temperament, intelligence, poverty, vulnerable children, young adults, attachment theory
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Child Abuse, Dissociative Disorders, Female, Humans, Intelligence, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Minnesota, Mother-Child Relations, Personality, Poverty, Risk Factors, Temperament, Domestic Violence, Age of Onset

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