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1942 – Correlation Betweeen Defense Mechanisms And Mmpi-2 Profiles In Patients With Depressive Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

A. Burkiewicz ,
A. Sumila ,
J. Buczny  and
A. Bartosinska
A. Burkiewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland Mental Health Clinic and Neurotic Disorders, University Clinical Center Gdansk, Poland
A. Sumila
Affiliation:
Child and Family Support Foundation, Gdansk, Poland
J. Buczny
Affiliation:
University of Social Sciences and Humanities at Sopot, Sopot, Poland
A. Bartosinska
Affiliation:
’Medico’ Medical Mental Health Clinic, Gdansk, Poland, Poland

Abstract

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Introduction

A review of published studies shows that depressive disorders are correlated with specific defense patterns which may underlie particular personality trials. High comorbidity among depressive and personality conditions is a consistent but not well-understood finding.

Objectives

We assessed the relations between defense mechanisms and MMPI-2 profiles used by depressive patients.

Aims

The aim of the present study was to investigate how depressive disorders are related to the use of specific defenses and how it is corelated with particular MMPI-2 scales.

Methods

Authors examinated a sample of 50 adult outpatients aged 21 to 55 diagnosed with depressive disorders according to DSM-IV. The Bond Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) was used to assess defense styles. Patients were also examined with MMPI-2.

Results

Depressive disorder patients scored higher for the immature defense styles. Increased scores in psychopatological scales in MMPI-2 were positively related to the immature, neurotic and particular narcistic, and negatively to the mature defense mechanisms.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that interpretation of defense styles and particular MMPI-2 scales is useful for the psychological and personological diagnosis to direct psychological assistance. These findings could lead to the development of specific psychotherapeutic interventions.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 21th European Congress of Psychiatry , 2013 , 28-E1173
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2013
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