| Title |
Fact or Factitious? A Psychobiological Study of Authentic and Simulated Dissociative Identity States
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039279 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
A. A. T. Simone Reinders, Antoon T. M. Willemsen, Herry P. J. Vos, Johan A. den Boer, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis |
| Abstract |
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a disputed psychiatric disorder. Research findings and clinical observations suggest that DID involves an authentic mental disorder related to factors such as traumatization and disrupted attachment. A competing view indicates that DID is due to fantasy proneness, suggestibility, suggestion, and role-playing. Here we examine whether dissociative identity state-dependent psychobiological features in DID can be induced in high or low fantasy prone individuals by instructed and motivated role-playing, and suggestion. |
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| United Kingdom | 4 | 13% |
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Egypt | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Norway | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 18 | 56% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 26 | 81% |
| Scientists | 4 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 6% |
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| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 276 | 97% |
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| Student > Bachelor | 110 | 39% |
| Student > Master | 36 | 13% |
| Other | 20 | 7% |
| Researcher | 18 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 38 | 13% |
| Unknown | 46 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 167 | 59% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 2% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 1% |
| Other | 18 | 6% |
| Unknown | 53 | 19% |