Cognitive Processes in Dissociation: Comment on Giesbrecht et al. (2008)

Autor/in	Bremner, J. Douglas
Titel	Cognitive Processes in Dissociation: Comment on Giesbrecht et al. (2008)
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 136 (2010) 1, S.1-6 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
DOI	10.1037/a0018021
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Child Abuse; Fantasy; Cognitive Processes; Theories; Anxiety; Periodicals; Literature Reviews; Correlation; Critical Thinking; Memory; Measurement; Patients; Anxiety Disorders; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Fantasie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Theory; Theorie; Angst; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Korrelation; Kritisches Denken; Gedächtnis; Messverfahren; Patient; Collegestudent
Abstract	In their recent review "Cognitive Processes in Dissociation: An Analysis of Core Theoretical Assumptions," published in "Psychological Bulletin", Giesbrecht, Lynn, Lilienfeld, and Merckelbach (2008) have challenged the widely accepted trauma theory of dissociation, which holds that dissociative symptoms are caused by traumatic stress. In doing so, the authors have outlined a series of links between various constructs--such as fantasy proneness, cognitive failures, absorption, suggestibility, altered information-processing, dissociation, and amnesia--claiming that these linkages lead to the false conclusion that trauma causes dissociation. A review of the literature, however, shows that these are not necessarily related constructs. Careful examination of their arguments reveals no basis for the conclusion that there is no association between trauma and dissociation. The current comment offers a critical review and rebuttal of Giesbrecht et al.'s argument that there is no relationship between trauma and dissociation. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10