Abstract
Dissociation, conversion and somatization are historically related with the concept of hysteria. The purpose was to examine and compare dissociation and the personality traits of three hysterical disorders and contrast them with other psychiatric disorders and non-clinical individuals. The aim of the present study was to understand the differences and relationships between those pathologies in a Portuguese sample. Sample characteristics are presented on Table 1. Groups answered the Dissociative Experiences Scale, Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire, and the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Dissociative symptoms were significantly higher in DiD (M=38.33, SD=13.38) and CoD (M=38.54, SD=14.60) disorder than in SoD and controls (F=60.76, p Total Age (years) Gender Marital Status Groups n M±SD Male/Female Married/Single Dissociative disorders (DiD) 39 34.0 ± 11.7 11/28 23/16 Conversion disorder (CoD) 26 27.4 ± 8.8 6/20 8/18 Somatization disorder (SoD) 40 32.6 ± 12.8 14/26 16/24 Other psychiatric disorders 40 31.5 ± 11.3 14/26 18/22 Non-clinical 39 31.7 ± 11.5 12/27 23/16 Total 184 37.4 ± 12.7 57/127 88/96 Psychoform and somatoform dissociation positively correlated with neuroticism (r = 0.29, p
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