The diathesis-stress model would predict that __________.

A. the severity of sexual abuse would be correlated with the likelihood of development of dissociative identity disorder
B. abused children who develop dissociative identity disorder would have a personality proneness for the disorder
C. the development of dissociative identity disorder in sexually abused children would depend on the supportiveness of the child's environment
D. dissociative identity disorder would only occur in sexually abused children who kept the abuse secret from everyone else


Answer: B

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