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Describe and Evaluate Research that Highlights Factors Involved in the Development of Dissociative Experiences. Dissociation is defined as "A structured separation of mental processes (eg thoughts, emotions, conation, memory and identity) that are ordinarily integrated" (speigel & Cardena, 1991). The capacity for dissociation seems to develop as a normal psychological process for imaginative ability and fantasy, but in many cases this dissociative capacity can be employed as a psychological coping mechanism. To this end it has been recognised that dissociation cannot be described as a singular phenomenon. Rather, there may exist a continuum of dissociative experiences, ranging from common, 'normative' episodes (such as daydreaming) to more severe pathological manifestations (eg dissociative identity disorder) and processes (Ross, 1996). It has also been widely accepted since the work of Janet (1889), and since backed up by much empirical research, that high levels of dissociative experiences in an individual often closely relate...

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