There is dispute about the importance of trauma as a factor in the etiology of dissociative identity disorder (DID) because
a. there is no agreement as to what actually constitutes trauma.
b. studies of the long-term consequences of child physical or sexual abuse have found little evidence of dissociation.
c. it is not possible to confirm whether a person has ever experienced any trauma.
d. most people diagnosed with DID deny having ever experienced a trauma.
Answer: b.
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