title: Relationship between childhood trauma, mindfulness, and dissociation in subjects with and without hallucination proneness.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between childhood traumas, mindfulness, and dissociation (more specifically, absorption and depersonalization) in healthy subjects with and without hallucination proneness. A sample of 318 subjects was given the Launay-Slade Hallucination Scale-Revised (R. P. Bentall & P. Slade, 1985). From this sample, 2 groups were formed: one with high and the other with low hallucination proneness. Furthermore, all participants were given the Tellegen Absorption Scale (A. Tellegen & G. Atkinson, 1974), the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (M. Sierra & G. E. Berrios, 2000), the Southampton Mindfulness Questionnaire (P. D. J. Chadwick et al., 2008), and the Trauma Questionnaire (J. R. E. Davidson, D. Hughes, & D. G. Blazer, 1990). The results showed that in the group with high hallucination proneness, there were significantly more subjects with traumatic experiences than in the group with low predisposition, although no significant difference in the mean number of traumatic experiences undergone in childhood was found between the 2 groups, although there was a trend toward significance. A correlation analysis showed a significant negative association between mindfulness on the one hand and absorption and depersonalization on the other. A positive relationship was also found between childhood traumas and absorption and depersonalization. Finally, multiple mediation analysis showed that the absorption and depersonalization variables acted as mediators between childhood traumas and hallucination proneness. We discuss the importance of the relationship between the variables studied and hallucination proneness and suggest some approaches for their treatment.
authors.affiliation: a Institute of Biomedicine, Seville, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/University of Seville , Seville , Spain.
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perona-Garcelán
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García-Montes
authors.forename: Juan Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Testal
authors.forename: Ana Ma
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: López-Jiménez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Veguilla
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ductor-Recuerda
authors.forename: María del Mar
authors.initials: Mdel M
authors.lastname: Benítez-Hernández
authors.forename: Ma Ángeles
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Arias-Velarde
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Gómez-Gómez
authors.forename: Marino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-Álvarez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D064866:Mindfulness; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult