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).