dissociation testing
[/ˌdɪsoʊsiˈeɪʃən ˈtɛstɪŋ/]
nounpl: dissociation tests
teste de dissociação
1. A psychological or psychiatric assessment technique used to evaluate the presence and severity of dissociative symptoms, such as depersonalization, derealization, or dissociative identity
The clinician administered dissociation testing to assess whether the patient experienced depersonalization disorder symptoms.
O clínico realizou testes de dissociação para avaliar se o paciente apresentava sintomas de transtorno de despersonalização.
2. A microbiology procedure used to test the ability of organisms to dissociate or separate into different colonial variants, often used in bacterial identification and characterization
Dissociation testing revealed that the bacterial strain could produce both rough and smooth colony morphologies.
O teste de dissociação revelou que a cepa bacteriana podia produzir morfologias de colônia rugosa e lisa.
3. In legal or forensic psychology, an assessment tool used to evaluate claims of dissociative episodes or memory gaps
Dissociation testing was performed during the criminal evaluation to verify the defendant's account of lost time.
O teste de dissociação foi realizado durante a avaliação criminal para verificar o relato do réu sobre perda de memória.
In Brazil and Portugal, dissociation testing is primarily used in psychiatric and clinical psychology contexts, particularly in trauma evaluation and treatment planning. In microbiology laboratories, it is a standard procedure for bacterial characterization. The term is more prevalent in academic and healthcare settings rather than in everyday conversation.
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