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Transfer of newly acquired stimulus valence between identities in dissociative identity disorder (DID).
Behav Res Ther. 2005 Feb; 43(2):243-55.BR

Abstract

Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) frequently report episodes of interidentity amnesia, that is amnesia for events experienced by other identities. The goal of the present experiment was to test the implicit transfer of trauma-related information between identities in DID. We hypothesized that whereas declarative information may transfer from one identity to another, the emotional connotation of the memory may be dissociated, especially in the case of negative, trauma-related emotional valence. An evaluative conditioning procedure was combined with an affective priming procedure, both performed by different identities. In the evaluative conditioning procedure, previously neutral stimuli come to refer to a negative or positive connotation. The affective priming procedure was used to test the transfer of this acquired valence to an identity reporting interidentity amnesia. Results indicated activation of stimulus valence in the affective priming task, that is transfer of emotional material between identities.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Huntjens RJ
Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.140, Utrecht 3508 TC, The Netherlands. r.huntjens@fss.uu.nl
Peters ML
No affiliation info available
Postma A
No affiliation info available
Woertman L
No affiliation info available
Effting M
No affiliation info available
van der Hart O
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AmnesiaAnalysis of VarianceConditioning, PsychologicalCuesDissociative Identity DisorderEmotionsFemaleHumansMental RecallPsychological TestsReaction TimeSelf-AssessmentStress, PsychologicalTransfer, Psychology

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

15629753

Citation

Huntjens, Rafaële J C., et al. "Transfer of Newly Acquired Stimulus Valence Between Identities in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)." Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 43, no. 2, 2005, pp. 243-55.
Huntjens RJ, Peters ML, Postma A, et al. Transfer of newly acquired stimulus valence between identities in dissociative identity disorder (DID). Behav Res Ther. 2005;43(2):243-55.
Huntjens, R. J., Peters, M. L., Postma, A., Woertman, L., Effting, M., & van der Hart, O. (2005). Transfer of newly acquired stimulus valence between identities in dissociative identity disorder (DID). Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43(2), 243-55.
Huntjens RJ, et al. Transfer of Newly Acquired Stimulus Valence Between Identities in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Behav Res Ther. 2005;43(2):243-55. PubMed PMID: 15629753.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Transfer of newly acquired stimulus valence between identities in dissociative identity disorder (DID). AU - Huntjens,Rafaële J C, AU - Peters,Madelon L, AU - Postma,Albert, AU - Woertman,Liesbeth, AU - Effting,Marieke, AU - van der Hart,Onno, PY - 2003/04/29/received PY - 2003/12/22/revised PY - 2004/01/20/accepted PY - 2005/1/5/pubmed PY - 2005/5/25/medline PY - 2005/1/5/entrez SP - 243 EP - 55 JF - Behaviour research and therapy JO - Behav Res Ther VL - 43 IS - 2 N2 - Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) frequently report episodes of interidentity amnesia, that is amnesia for events experienced by other identities. The goal of the present experiment was to test the implicit transfer of trauma-related information between identities in DID. We hypothesized that whereas declarative information may transfer from one identity to another, the emotional connotation of the memory may be dissociated, especially in the case of negative, trauma-related emotional valence. An evaluative conditioning procedure was combined with an affective priming procedure, both performed by different identities. In the evaluative conditioning procedure, previously neutral stimuli come to refer to a negative or positive connotation. The affective priming procedure was used to test the transfer of this acquired valence to an identity reporting interidentity amnesia. Results indicated activation of stimulus valence in the affective priming task, that is transfer of emotional material between identities. SN - 0005-7967 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15629753/Transfer_of_newly_acquired_stimulus_valence_between_identities_in_dissociative_identity_disorder__DID__ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -