@article{ref1,
title="Deliberate self-harm and state dissociation: An experimental investigation",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2008",
author="Bracken, K.L. and Berman, M.E. and McCloskey, M.S. and Bullock, J.S.",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="520-532",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to test the relation between deliberate self-harm (DSH) and state dissociation. Participants (N = 85) were randomly assigned to self-administer either a very mild electric shock below their pain threshold (a no-self-harm control condition) or an electric shock they were told could cause minor tissue damage that would heal quickly, but which was in fact equal to a predetermined pain threshold (a DSH condition). After task completion, 42 participants rated the extent of their dissociation before the shock and 43 rated the extent of their dissociation after the shock. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that women in the DSH group experienced more dissociation compared to men, but only after the shock. Potential reasons for this gender effect are discussed. © 2008 by The Haworth Press.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926770802463230",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926770802463230"
}