The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Dissociative experiences have been linked to panic symptoms in adolescents, yet the nature of the association remains unclear.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> In the present study, we investigated the longitudinal relationsh...
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| author | Shipp, L Musatova, A Cernis, E Waite, P |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong> Dissociative experiences have been linked to panic symptoms in adolescents, yet the nature of the association remains unclear.</p>
<p><strong>Methods:</strong> In the present study, we investigated the longitudinal relationship between dissociative experiences (focusing on the felt sense of anomaly subtype) and panic, as well as the potential mediating roles of emotion regulation strategies (expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal), alexithymia, and cognitive appraisals of dissociation. Four thousand five hundred one adolescents aged 13–18 years were recruited via social media advertising to take part in an online survey at two timepoints, 1 month apart.</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> Analysis of 421 datasets found a significant positive relationship between initial dissociative experiences and panic symptoms reported 1 month later. This was mediated by the emotion regulation strategy of cognitive reappraisal, and cognitive appraisals of dissociation. These two variables were no longer significant mediators when controlling for panic symptoms at the first time point, likely due to the stability of panic symptoms across both assessments. Neither alexithymia nor expressive suppression were significant mediators.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Thus, dissociative experiences that are persistently misinterpreted in a catastrophic manner may lead to escalating anxiety and panic symptoms, which could in turn heighten and maintain the feared dissociation sensation. These results indicate that dissociative experiences are associated with panic symptoms in adolescence, with cognitive appraisals of dissociation and cognitive reappraisal playing a role in this relationship.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:949d2c40-1460-4794-96c1-393b47db9a0c2024-05-07T10:47:02ZThe relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediatorsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:949d2c40-1460-4794-96c1-393b47db9a0cEnglishSymplectic ElementsWiley2023Shipp, LMusatova, ACernis, EWaite, P<p><strong>Background:</strong> Dissociative experiences have been linked to panic symptoms in adolescents, yet the nature of the association remains unclear.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> In the present study, we investigated the longitudinal relationship between dissociative experiences (focusing on the felt sense of anomaly subtype) and panic, as well as the potential mediating roles of emotion regulation strategies (expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal), alexithymia, and cognitive appraisals of dissociation. Four thousand five hundred one adolescents aged 13–18 years were recruited via social media advertising to take part in an online survey at two timepoints, 1 month apart.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Analysis of 421 datasets found a significant positive relationship between initial dissociative experiences and panic symptoms reported 1 month later. This was mediated by the emotion regulation strategy of cognitive reappraisal, and cognitive appraisals of dissociation. These two variables were no longer significant mediators when controlling for panic symptoms at the first time point, likely due to the stability of panic symptoms across both assessments. Neither alexithymia nor expressive suppression were significant mediators.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Thus, dissociative experiences that are persistently misinterpreted in a catastrophic manner may lead to escalating anxiety and panic symptoms, which could in turn heighten and maintain the feared dissociation sensation. These results indicate that dissociative experiences are associated with panic symptoms in adolescence, with cognitive appraisals of dissociation and cognitive reappraisal playing a role in this relationship.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Shipp, L Musatova, A Cernis, E Waite, P The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators |
| title | The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators |
| title_full | The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators |
| title_short | The relationship between dissociation and panic symptoms in adolescence and the exploration of potential mediators |
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