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WELCOME

This webpage contains information about Dr Černis' research into dissociation, including updates about work currently taking place in her research group at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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To find helpful resources about living with or working clinically with dissociation and depersonalisation, please visit our resources page: dissociation.info

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OVERVIEW

CURRENT POSITION

Dr Černis is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. She works within the School of Psychology and is also affiliated with the Instiute for Mental Health (IMH) and the Centre for Applied Psychology (CAP).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1) Dissociative experiences: primarily 'felt sense of anomaly' (FSA) dissociation, but also depersonalisation and derealisation.

2) Psychological factors that may underlie dissociation, including alexithymia, self-efficacy, affect intolerance, and emotion regulation.

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(Interested in doing a PhD in one of these areas? Get in touch!)

EDUCATION

· DPhil Biomedical & Clinical Sciences (Cognitive Stream), University of Oxford
· DClinPsy Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford
· MSc Mental Health Studies, King's College London
· BA Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

KEY PUBLICATION

A new perspective and assessment measure for common dissociative experiences: ‘Felt Sense of Anomaly’ (Černis, Beierl, Molodynski, Ehlers & Freeman, 2021)

LATEST PUBLICATION

Developing an understanding of the relationship between anxiety and dissociation in adolescence (Lofthouse, Waite & Černis, 2023)

LATEST PREPRINT

Measuring dissociation across adolescence and adulthood: Developing the short-form Černis Felt Sense of Anomaly scale (ČEFSA-14). (Černis, Loe, Lofthouse, Waite, Molodynski, Ehlers & Freeman, submitted)

FILES

Available for Download

THE COGNITIVE APPRAISALS OF DISSOCIATION IN PSYCHOSIS (CAD-P) SCALE

THE ČERNIS FELT SENSE OF ANOMALY (ČEFSA) SCALE

EXCEL 'CALCULATOR' FOR SPEEDING UP ČEFSA & GFSA FACTOR SCORING

THE GLOBAL FELT SENSE OF ANOMALY (GFSA) SCALE

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