Somatoform and psychoform dissociation among students

Recent evidence suggests a relationship between psychoform and somatoform dissociation both in clinical and non clinical samples. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between the two forms of dissociation among 947 university students who completed two self-administered questionnaires, the Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20) and the Dissociative Experience Scale (DES). The main result of the study was that the association between somatoform and psychoform dissociation was strong for individuals with moderate level of DES scores (O.R. 57.0), but much stronger for individuals with high level of DES scores (O.R. 518.9). & 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:665–672, 2011.