Diabetes and Illness Image: An Analysis of Diabetic Early-Adolescents' Self-Perception through the Draw-a-Person Test
| Autor: | Mario Maioli, Gianfranco Nuvoli, Gavino Pala, Caterina Ferrari, Giuseppina Chiaretti |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Stereotype Draw-a-Person test Projective Techniques Developmental psychology Diabetes mellitus medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Projective test Child General Psychology media_common Self 05 social sciences Sick Role 050301 education medicine.disease Self perception Self Concept Test (assessment) Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Personality Development Early adolescents Female Psychology 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 65:83-93 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| Popis: | To study the self-projective representations expressed by diabetic children, aged between 10 and 15 yr., and to compare these with representations of a control group the Draw-a-person test associated with those for subsequent Draw-a-sick-person were administered to 23 children regularly checked by an Antidiabetic Centre. The diabetic subjects drew an image of “sick person” having projective elements with a regressive value and denoting a refuge in the past, together with depressive signs of retiring into themselves and of less consideration of the self. Also, the diabetic children seemed to be less prone to the cultural stereotype which requires a smiling and happy image of “the healthy person.” At the same time there was also a transparent symbolic defense which allowed the diabetics to adapt variously and to move from their anxious state toward psychological recovery. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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