The association between self-image and defence mechanisms in a group of adolescent patients receiving psychiatric treatment.

Autor:	Treger B; Klinika Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodzieży Katedry Psychiatrii UJ CM., Matusiak F; Klinika Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodzieży Katedry Psychiatrii UJ CM., Pilecki M; Klinika Psychiatrii Dzieci i Młodzieży Katedry Psychiatrii UJ CM., Rogoż M; Ośrodek Psychoterapii Dorosłych Dzieci Alkoholików Krakowskiego Centrum Terapii Uzależnień
Jazyk:	English; Polish
Zdroj:	Psychiatria polska [Psychiatr Pol] 2015; Vol. 49 (4), pp. 747-56.
DOI:	10.12740/PP/30017
Abstrakt:	Objectives: The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between various areas of self-image and defence mechanisms in adolescents. The study included a division into groups according to whether or not they were receiving psychiatric treatment. Methods: Data were obtained from two groups: a clinical group (30 persons), consisting of adolescent patients of the Adolescent Inpatient Ward of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic and a control group (40 persons), adolescents attending upper secondary school. The Defence Style Questionnaire DSQ-40 and the Offer Self Image Questionnaire were used in the study. Results: Results showed no differences, in the maturity levels of the defence mechanisms, between the two groups. Subjects from the clinical group had a significantly lower self-image of themselves than subjects from the control group.. In both groups, the use of mature defence mechanisms was accompanied by a positive self-image, while the use of less mature defence mechanisms was associated with a lower self-image. Comparison of the groups revealed different relationships between the aspects of self-image and used defence mechanisms, in particular the mechanism of projection. Number of significant correlations was greater in the clinical group. Conclusions: In the context of lower self-image, the study revealed the importance of such defence mechanisms as projection, acting out, somatization or schizoid fantasies. The obtained results seem to confirm a hypothesis that the assessment of the maturity of defence mechanisms in the period of adolescence is less clear and clinically useful.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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