Do spinal cord-injured individuals with stronger sense of coherence use different psychological defense styles?
| Autor: | Sahar Latifi, H Sharbatdaralaei, Seyed Amir Hossein Tavakoli, E Rakizadeh, J Shakeri, M. Yazdanshenas Ghazwin, A Moshari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male 030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Neurology Adolescent Sense of Coherence Iran Statistics Nonparametric 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Psychiatry Child Spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Injuries Defense Mechanisms Retrospective Studies business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Spinal cord medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies Female Neurology (clinical) 0305 other medical science Paraplegia business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Sense of coherence |
| Zdroj: | Spinal cord. 54(10) |
| ISSN: | 1476-5624 |
| Popis: | Although the importance of sense of coherence (SOC) and psychological defense mechanisms (PDMs) in the process of coping has been demonstrated, it has not yet been clarified whether individuals with stronger SOC use specific PDMs.Cross-sectional.Iran.Demographic and injury-related variables including injury level, time since injury, American Spinal Cord Association (ASIA) Scale and Spinal cord independence measure-III were collected among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). SOC was assessed by the Short-form Sense of Coherence Scale. PDMs were identified using 40-version of the Defense Style Questionnaire.Neurotic defense style was the most commonly used style especially. The overall most commonly used PDM was 'rationalization', which was used by 95%. Individuals with stronger SOC used more mature style (P=0.001, r=0.52), particularly 'humor' and 'suppression' mechanisms (P0.0001 and 0.024, respectively). There was a negative correlation between stronger SOC and the use of immature defenses including passive aggression (P=0.001, r=-0.51), acting out (P=0.001, r=-0.48), isolation (P=0.009, r=-0.50), autistic fantasy (P=0.010, r=-0.30) and somatization (P0.0001, r=-0.62). Married individuals had significantly stronger SOC (P=0.01). Age, gender, age at the time of injury incidence, time since injury, ASIA score and cause of injury were not determinants of SOC.In this study, PDMs, which are more probable to be used by individuals with stronger SOC, have been identified. Mature defenses including 'humor' and 'suppression' are used by stronger SOC more often, whereas immature mechanisms are less likely to be used. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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