Developing a prediction model for the risk of dissociative psychopathology from trauma and trait responsiveness to verbal suggestion

Background: Dissociative experiences encompass a variety of discontinuities in awareness and perception that are elevated in the dissociative disorders and associated with extensive comorbid symptomatology. Accumulating evidence points to developmental trauma and trait responsiveness to verbal suggestions (REVS) as factors that confer risk for severe dissociative symptoms, but they have typically been studied in isolation. This study integrated these measures using prediction modelling to better understand their predictive value for the risk of dissociative psychopathology. Method: 1,104 non-clinical participants completed measures of trauma, dissociation and trait REVS. The predictive model