June larkin had a bad skiing accident while on vacation. her tendons and ligaments in her knee will require extensive surgery to get her walking again without crutches. she needs a(n) (repair)

“an abused child's thoughts occasionally drift to other, less anxiety-arousing topics; this anxiety reduction thus serves to strengthen 'other' thoughts, while weakening the thoughts about abuse.” a psychologist with which theoretical background would be most likely to offer this quotation as an explanation for the development of dissociative disorders?