A new perspective and assessment measure for common dissociative experiences: 'Felt Sense of Anomaly'.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dissociative experiences occur across a range of mental health disorders. However, the term 'dissociation' has long been argued to lack conceptual clarity and may describe several distinct phenomena. We therefore aimed to conceptualise and empirically establish a discrete subset of dissociative experiences and develop a corresponding assessment measure.

Methods

First, a systematic review of existing measures was carried out to identify themes across dissociative experiences. A theme of 'Felt Sense of Anomaly' (FSA) emerged. Second, assessment items were generated based on this construct and a measure developed using exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory (CFA) factor analyses of 8861 responses to an online self-report survey. Finally, the resulting measure was validat

SUBMITTER: Cernis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7904139 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature