TY - GEN
T1 - Association between pathological personality traits and defense mechanisms in healthy sample
T2 - International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2018
AU - Ivzans, Igors
AU - Mihailova, Sandra
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This article aims to define what kind of relationship exists between pathological traits and defense mechanisms. Primary data, collected from 14th until 30th of March in 2017, was used in this research. Thirty participants (57 % males) in the age of early adultness (from 25 to 39 years, M = 29.9, SD = 3.33) filled in two questionnaires: The Multidimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (Perepjolkina, Koļesņikova, Mārtinsone, & Stepens, 2017) and Defense mechanisms questionnaire (Subbotina, 2017). Six of eight analyzed defense mechanisms (repression, regression, rationalization, displacement, denial and psychological projection) showed statistically significant correlation with at least one pathological personality trait both on facet and on domain level. Some weak (p > .05) correlations were found between some personality traits and two left defense mechanisms: reaction formation and sublimation. Most of correlations were with neurotic defenses according to Vaillant (1992) classification, in particular with repression and displacement. All together 26 traits correlated with neurotic defenses. With other defenses, just a few traits correlated – three traits with mature defenses, two traits with immature defenses and two with psychotic defenses. Received results need to be validated in the future studies and may be useful for clinical psychologists for better understanding of their clients.
AB - This article aims to define what kind of relationship exists between pathological traits and defense mechanisms. Primary data, collected from 14th until 30th of March in 2017, was used in this research. Thirty participants (57 % males) in the age of early adultness (from 25 to 39 years, M = 29.9, SD = 3.33) filled in two questionnaires: The Multidimensional Clinical Personality Inventory (Perepjolkina, Koļesņikova, Mārtinsone, & Stepens, 2017) and Defense mechanisms questionnaire (Subbotina, 2017). Six of eight analyzed defense mechanisms (repression, regression, rationalization, displacement, denial and psychological projection) showed statistically significant correlation with at least one pathological personality trait both on facet and on domain level. Some weak (p > .05) correlations were found between some personality traits and two left defense mechanisms: reaction formation and sublimation. Most of correlations were with neurotic defenses according to Vaillant (1992) classification, in particular with repression and displacement. All together 26 traits correlated with neurotic defenses. With other defenses, just a few traits correlated – three traits with mature defenses, two traits with immature defenses and two with psychotic defenses. Received results need to be validated in the future studies and may be useful for clinical psychologists for better understanding of their clients.
KW - defense mechanisms
KW - pathological personality traits
KW - personality disorders
U2 - 10.17770/sie2018vol1.3283
DO - 10.17770/sie2018vol1.3283
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 7 : Psiholoģija
T3 - Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība
SP - 72
EP - 83
BT - Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education
A2 - Lubkina, Velta
A2 - Šneidere, Kristīne
A2 - Ušča, Svetlana
PB - Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija
Y2 - 25 May 2018 through 26 May 2018
ER -