Cognitive appraisals of dissociation in psychosis: a new brief measure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Catastrophic cognitive appraisals, similar to those in anxiety disorders, are implicated in depersonalisation, a form of dissociation. No scales exist to measure appraisals of dissociative experiences. Dissociation is common in psychosis. Misinterpretations of dissociative experiences may maintain psychotic symptoms. Therefore, assessing appraisals in this context may be valuable.

Aims

The primary aim was to develop a measure of key appraisals of dissociation in psychosis. Secondary aims were to test the relationship between appraisals and psychotic experiences (paranoia and hallucinations), and determine whether appraisals explain additional variance in psychotic symptoms above dissociative symptoms.

Method

Fifty items were generated from transcripts of in

SUBMITTER: Cernis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8293624 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature