Wittmann L Moergeli H Schnyder U 2006 To test the predictive power of peritraumatic dissociation for the development of psychopathology, the authors assessed symptoms of peritraumatic dissociation (Peritraumatic Dissociative Experiences Questionnaire; PDEQ), posttraumatic stress disorder (Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale; CAPS), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HADS) in a sample of 214 accident victims 5 days postaccident (T1). Six months later (T2), CAPS and HADS were administered again. Acute stress disorder (ASD) and PTSD symptom levels were surprisingly low. In sequential regression analyses, initial reexperiencing and hyperarousal significantly predicted PTSD symptom level (T2) over several possibly confounding variables controlled for. Peritraumatic dissociation explained less than 3% of variance. For PTSD scores, 38% overall variance explanation was obtained; the variance for HADS scores was low. Possible explanations for the low-predictive power of peritraumatic dissociation for posttraumatic psychopathology in the sample are discussed. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/4269 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/jts.20154 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/17075911 Journal of traumatic stress. - 2006 Accidents Adult Anxiety Disorders Depressive Disorder Dissociative Disorders Female Glasgow Coma Scale Humans Male Middle Aged Personality Assessment Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute Surveys and Questionnaires Survivors Wounds and Injuries Low predictive power of peritraumatic dissociation for PTSD symptoms in accident survivors. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501