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Bulletin De La Societe Des Sciences Medicales Du Grand-Duche De Luxembourg
|April 15, 2008
Summary
Arts psychotherapy may help individuals facing exclusion and marginalization by unlocking subjectivation processes. This study explores psychological and clinical data to understand coping mechanisms and defense strategies in these populations.
Area of Science:
- Psychotherapy
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
Background:
- Individuals experiencing exclusion, precarity, and marginalization often face blocked subjectivation processes.
- Arts psychotherapy is explored as a potential intervention to facilitate subjectivation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the potential of arts psychotherapy in addressing blocked subjectivation.
- To analyze the relationship between biographical events, psychological processes, and coping strategies.
Main Methods:
- A multi-annual research project employing a complex, sequential research design.
- Integrated psychosocial and clinical study using mixed methodology.
- Semi-structured biographical interviews and the Rotter Blank Sentences Test (RBST) with custom rating scales were used. Data analysis involved correlation matrices (Spearman's Rho) and optimal scaling (OVERALS) on a group of 206 participants.
Main Results:
- Correlations were computed between biographical interview data and RBST responses (1st and 3rd person items).
- Analysis focused on links between traumatic events and RBST responses, interpreted through unconscious vs. conscious processes.
- The study examined the expression of defense mechanisms and coping strategies.
Conclusions:
- The findings are discussed in relation to the traumatogenic hypothesis of borderline functioning.
- Arts psychotherapy shows potential for facilitating subjectivation in marginalized populations.
- Understanding psychological processes and coping strategies is crucial for therapeutic interventions.
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