{"title":"Predicting Emotion Regulation Profiles: The Role of Emotional Reactivity and Pathways to Dissociation.","authors":"Jeremy Brunel, Yoann Fombouchet","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2026.2613399","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2026.2613399","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent research highlights heterogeneity in habitual emotion regulation repertoires individuals use to cope with daily life events. These emotion regulation profiles, identified in the general population, have been proposed as potential mediators of various psychological conditions, including trait dissociation. However, their individual determinants remain unclear. This study examined the role of trait emotional reactivity in predicting emotion regulation profiles and the mediating effect of these profiles on trait dissociation. A sample of 302 participants completed an online assessment measuring emotional reactivity, emotion regulation strategies, and dissociative tendencies. Latent profile analysis identified five distinct emotion regulation profiles: high and low regulation, one adaptive, and two maladaptive profiles. Trait emotional reactivity strongly predicted membership to these profiles. Crucially, emotion regulation profiles mediated the relationship between emotional reactivity and dissociation, with specific maladaptive profiles amplifying this association. These findings indicate that dispositional emotional traits influence which emotion regulation strategies people habitually use. Moreover, emotion regulation profiles may serve as pathways through which heightened emotional reactivity contributes to dissociative symptoms. Understanding these mechanisms provides novel insights into how individual differences in emotion regulation contribute to psychological well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"189-207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145935645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Judith K Daniels, Fatemeh Fereidooni, Niklas B Lange
{"title":"Eye to Eye: Does Childhood Trauma Severity Predict Dissociative Reactions to Prolonged Interpersonal Gaze Mediated by Early Maladaptive Schemas?","authors":"Judith K Daniels, Fatemeh Fereidooni, Niklas B Lange","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2599758","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2599758","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While recent meta-analyses documented positive correlations between childhood maltreatment severity, on the one hand, and early maladaptive schemas as well as dissociation severity, on the other hand, it is currently unknown whether early maladaptive schemas (partially) explain the association with dissociative reactions. We aimed to explore to which degree dissociative symptoms after prolonged interpersonal eye gazing can be predicted by childhood trauma severity and whether this association is mediated by attachment as well as moderated by emotional reactivity. A sample of <i>n</i> = 243 healthy young adults was assessed for their childhood maltreatment history, early maladaptive schemas and emotional reactivity as well as their dissociative symptoms following the eye gazing task via self-report. Regression analyses indicated that childhood maltreatment severity significantly predicted dissociative symptoms, but that this association was fully mediated by early maladaptive schemas. Moderation analyses indicated that the interaction between early maladaptive schemas and emotional reactivity was statistically significant, but had a small effect size: Subjects with high emotional reactivity and early maladaptive schemas experienced more dissociative symptoms following the interpersonal eye gazing task. In conjunction, the data indicate that the severity of childhood maltreatment is associated with the level of dissociative symptoms following an interpersonal dissociation induction task and that this association is explained by the level of early maladaptive schemas as well as emotional reactivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"170-188"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145745113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incremental Main and Moderating Effects of Mindfulness on the Association Between Trauma and Emotional Distress.","authors":"Emily R Barbera, Matthew M Yalch","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2599754","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2599754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Experiencing trauma is associated with several forms of emotional distress. Although emotional distress has long been expressed in terms of categorical diagnoses, recent research has emphasized the utility of dimensional models of distress. An example of this is the tripartite model, which posits three dimensions of emotional distress: general distress (GD), anxious arousal (AA), and anhedonic depression (AD). One factor associated with problems captured in the tripartite model is mindfulness, which has five facets (observe, describe, acting with awareness, non-judging, and non-reactivity). Research suggests that mindfulness in general is associated with lower levels of emotional distress after experiencing trauma. However, there is less research on how specific facets of mindfulness are associated with specific dimensions of emotional distress or how these facets may affect the association between traumatic experiences and emotional distress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this study, we examined the main and moderating effects of mindfulness on the association between traumatic experiences and GD, AA, and AD in a crowdsourced sample of women and men (N = 317) using a Bayesian approach to multiple regression. Results Results show that traumatic experiences had a positive association and mindfulness had a negative association with each dimension of emotional distress. Results further suggest the observe and describe facets moderated the association between traumatic experiences and AA such that observe exacerbated and describe attenuated trauma's effect on AA.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that labeling anxiety in the context of trauma may be more effective in reducing anxiety than simply noticing it.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"208-220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145726694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Perpetrator Responses to Confrontation: Associations with a DARVO-SF and Posttrauma Symptoms in Two Different Populations.","authors":"Melissa Durland, Sarah J Harsey, Jennifer J Freyd","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2599757","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2599757","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is a common tactic used by perpetrators of interpersonal violence to deflect blame and responsibility. Individuals' exposure to perpetrator DARVO has previously been measured using the 72-item DARVO Questionnaire (DARVO-LF;). We aimed to identify and validate a short-form version of the original 72-item DARVO Questionnaire. We also sought to expand on DARVO-related knowledge by testing DARVO's associations with trauma symptoms, confrontation type, gender, and marginalized identities. Participants were recruited from online research participation platform Prolific (<i>N</i> = 319) and from a large public university in the American West (<i>N</i> = 261). An exploratory factor analysis identified an 18-item version of the DARVO Questionnaire (DARVO-SF). The DARVO-SF had high internal reliability and was highly correlated with the DARVO-LF. In support of our predictions, analyses revealed the DARVO-SF predicted trauma symptoms after controlling for trauma history. DARVO exposure varied by confrontation type and was higher in confrontations about emotional and psychological mistreatment. Contrary to expectations, we did not find any associations between DARVO exposure and gender or marginalized identities. Overall, the current study identifies a substantially improved DARVO measure and provides novel insight into individuals' experience of this tactic.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"221-237"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145726609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dori Rubinstein, Mooli Lahad, Limor Aharonson-Daniel, René T Proyer, David Mizrahi, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem
{"title":"Understanding PTSD and Dissociation in Wartime: Direct and Indirect Trauma Exposure.","authors":"Dori Rubinstein, Mooli Lahad, Limor Aharonson-Daniel, René T Proyer, David Mizrahi, Ilan Harpaz-Rotem","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2571109","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2571109","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the mental health impact of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) during wartime, focusing on the prevalence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative symptoms among a sample of 1,511 Israeli adults exposed to the recent war. Data were collected during the third month of the Israel-Hamas war. Our findings reveal elevated clinical PTSD symptoms (36.8%) and dissociation (16.3%) across the population, including 17.8% of individuals not directly exposed to trauma who nonetheless reported PTSD symptoms above the clinical threshold. These results challenge the adequacy of DSM-5 Criterion A in ongoing conflict contexts, where indirect exposure can contribute significantly to psychological distress. Furthermore, participants exposed to three or more PTEs demonstrated markedly higher PTSD and dissociative symptoms, emphasizing the cumulative burden of repeated trauma. These findings suggest that clinicians must consider both the number and nature of PTEs when developing treatment plans. Additionally, mental health policies should account for the psychological effects of indirect trauma, particularly in settings of ongoing conflict, where the entire population is at risk. The study highlights the urgent need for tailored interventions that address the complex and enduring mental health challenges associated with both direct and by-proxy trauma exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"151-169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145253225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Owen R Sterck, David H Gleaves, Bennett A A Reisinger
{"title":"Dissociation and Personality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Owen R Sterck, David H Gleaves, Bennett A A Reisinger","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2606986","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2606986","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite decades of primary research investigating the nature of dissociation through its relationship with broad personality constructs, the nature of these relationships has remained unclear. Sampling errors, variations in sample size, the measures used, and methodological design have precluded the possibility of obtaining precise estimates of these relationships and, consequently, drawing accurate conclusions. To bring clarity to the dissociation-personality literature, we conducted the first (to our knowledge) systematic review and meta-analyses of relationships between dissociation (including dissociation factors) and personality domains contained within the five-factor model. We included 23 primary studies that provided between 11 and 25 independent effect sizes, depending on the analysis. We coded effect size data, extraneous information for moderator analyses and methodological quality for the included studies. We conducted 20 meta-analyses and found 19 statistically significant dissociation-personality relationships. The five higher-level meta-analyses of dissociation total scores and personality domains contained within the five-factor model indicated the following statistically significant relationships: neuroticism-dissociation total (<i>r</i> = .24), extraversion-dissociation total (<i>r</i> = -.07), openness-dissociation total (<i>r</i> = .10), agreeableness-dissociation total (<i>r</i> = -.15), and conscientiousness-dissociation total (<i>r</i> = -.21). For some variables, participants' clinical status and gender and the dissociation and personality measure used were significant moderators of the dissociation-personality relationship. Findings indicate that dissociation is relatively independent of trait-model personality.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"129-150"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145858205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Contextual Factors Associated with Posttraumatic Stress Among Campus Sexual Assault Survivors.","authors":"Alexis A Adams-Clark, Jennifer J Freyd","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2026.2613393","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15299732.2026.2613393","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual assault has been repeatedly associated with multiple types of psychological distress, including posttraumatic stress. Post-assault outcomes are frequently linked to individual psychological processes (e.g. cognitions, behaviors) that are targeted in common psychotherapies, yet contextual factors (e.g. relationships, institutional factors) also play important roles in distress. Using a socioecological approach, this study examined how contextual factors such as institutional betrayal cross-sectionally predict posttraumatic stress in a sample of campus sexual assault survivors who enrolled at a large, public university in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and who disclosed their assault to another person (<i>N</i> = 245). Results indicated that multiple contextual factors outside of the individual (e.g. relationship with perpetrator, reactions to disclosure, institutional betrayal) were significantly associated with posttraumatic stress (<i>r's</i> = .27-.51) and explained significant unique variance in posttraumatic stress in regression analyses. These associations remained even after controlling for self-blame cognitions and avoidance coping behaviors - two individual-level factors frequently addressed by evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress. Such results highlight a need for psychological and public health interventions that target higher levels of the social ecology, such as relational or institutional interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"238-256"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145935602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Routledge International Handbook of Drug-Related Death Bereavement<b>The Routledge International Handbook of Drug-Related Death Bereavement</b>, by Margaret Stroebe, Kari Dyregrov, and Kristine Berg Titlestad (Editors), New York, NY, Routledge, 2024, $232.00 (Hardcover) ISBN: 978-1-032-31310-8.","authors":"Amy Mozolik","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2026.2639318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2026.2639318","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147322429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soumyaa Joshi, Elizabeth Grinspoon, Romeo Cabanban, Xi Pan, Laura T Germine, Nathaniel G Harnett, Lauren A M Lebois
{"title":"Gender and Racial Variability of Dissociative Identity Disorder Symptoms in an International Sample.","authors":"Soumyaa Joshi, Elizabeth Grinspoon, Romeo Cabanban, Xi Pan, Laura T Germine, Nathaniel G Harnett, Lauren A M Lebois","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2026.2613392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2026.2613392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a childhood-onset posttraumatic biopsychosocial syndrome characterized by identity alteration symptoms in which one loses a sense of agency and ownership over some thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors. There is limited investigation of sociodemographic variability related to DID prevalence. Further, there is limited assessment of symptoms in non-clinical samples that may shed light on potential dissociative phenotypes in the general population. We utilized a large citizen science online data collection platform to collect self-report symptoms of dissociative identity disorder among self-selected adults in the general population. Participants (<i>N</i> = 5,589) provided demographic information and completed the Multiscale Dissociation Inventory self-report assessment (MDI). We completed general linear models to investigate associations between race, gender, and geographic location with a provisional self-report DID diagnosis and MDI identity dissociation scores. In general, individuals from marginalized racial groups had higher provisional DID prevalence rates and more severe identity dissociation symptoms compared to White individuals. Genderqueer individuals reported higher rates of provisional DID compared to men and women, and men reported higher rates compared to women. We also observed significant differences in the prevalence of DID symptoms across geographic regions. These novel results suggest that race, gender, and geographic location are linked to variation in rates of provisional DID diagnosis and identity alteration symptom severity. Marginalized groups with potentially the highest rates of DID are underrepresented in current research. Future work should explore contributing factors to these sociodemographic differences to develop effective prevention and treatment strategies for specific groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145935615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Memory and Stewardship: The Work of Expansive Stability.","authors":"Abigail Percifield","doi":"10.1080/15299732.2025.2588884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2025.2588884","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47476,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Trauma & Dissociation","volume":"27 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145776022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}