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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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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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% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 26 | 81% |
Scientists | 4 | 13% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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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 | 278 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 111 | 39% |
Student > Master | 36 | 13% |
Other | 20 | 7% |
Researcher | 18 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 6% |
Other | 40 | 14% |
Unknown | 45 | 16% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 167 | 58% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 9% |
Neuroscience | 10 | 3% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 2% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 1% |
Other | 21 | 7% |
Unknown | 52 | 18% |