Traumatic Experience and Somatoform Dissociation Among Spirit Possession Practitioners in the Dominican Republic
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Traumatic Experience and Somatoform Dissociation Among Spirit Possession Practitioners in the Dominican Republic
Recent studies in African contexts have revealed a strong association between spirit possession and severe trauma, with inclusion into a possession cult serving at times a therapeutic function. Research on spirit possession in the Dominican Republic has so far not included quantitative studies of trauma and dissociation. This study evaluated demographic variables, somatoform dissociative sympto...
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عنوان ژورنال: Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0165-005X,1573-076X
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-015-9472-5