Recommendations
Conducting qualitative, phenomenological research with DD patients to
look into the same variables would significantly further understanding
and knowledge on how loneliness is perceived by them and how it can
impact their lives. It would also aid in generating better treatment
procedures that take into consideration the need to help patients
rehabilitate their social lives and networks. As seen from the findings
of this research, DD patients tend to have their traumas resurface when
they know they have strong support systems they can rely on.
A major advantage of this research is it aimed to conduct a discussion
on the matter rather than objectively assess if there really is a
perceived impact of one variable on the other. However, conducting
quantitative research on DD patients directly to assess the impact of
loneliness on their use of dissociation as a coping mechanism can show
how significant this perceived impact is in a numerical, tangible
manner. Reliability and validity can be better assessed in quantitative
measures and can give a better indication of the significance of this
perceived link (Roberts et al., 2019).