Lilienfeld, Scott O., et al. “Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Sociocognitive Model: Recalling the Lessons of the Past.” – Brief Article
Jodi Chapman
Lilienfeld, Scott O., et al. “Dissociative Identity Disorder and the Sociocognitive Model: Recalling the Lessons of the Past.” Psychological Bulletin, 125(5):507-523, 1999. The authors favor using the sociocognitive model (SCM) when determining the cause of dissociative identity disorder (DID). Lilienfeld et al. argue that “the SCM conceptualizes DID as a syndrome that consists of rule-governed and goal-directed experiences and displays of multiple role enactments that have been created, legitimized, and maintained by social reinforcement.” They argue that previous research in this area underemphasixed the role culture plays in DID, and they suggest further research involve looking at the history surrounding DID in order to fully understand it.
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