Kihlstrom (2005) has recently called attention to the need for prospective longitudinal
studies of dissociation. The present study assesses quality of early care and childhood
trauma as predictors of dissociation in a sample of 56 low-income young adults followed
from infancy to age 19. Dissociation was assessed with the Dissociative Experiences Scale;
quality of early care was assessed by observer ratings of mother-infant interaction at home
and in the laboratory; and childhood trauma was indexed by state-documented …