Positive schizotypy and trait dissociation as vulnerability factors for post-traumatic distress.

Journal article

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.

Authors: Steel, C; Mahmood, M; Holmes, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of clinical psychology / the British Psychological Society
• Volume: 47
• Issue: Pt 2
• Pages: 245-249
• Publication date: 2008-06-01
• DOI: 10.1348/014466507x255276
• ISSN: 0144-6657
• Language: English
• Keywords: Models, Psychological; Survivors; London; Adult; Middle Aged; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Accidents, Traffic; Schizotypal Personality Disorder; Humans; Personality Disorders; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Male; Personality Inventory; Regression Analysis; Dissociative Disorders; Questionnaires; Life Change Events