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Object representations in descriptions of significant others: a methodological study.

E Marziali1, J Oleniuk

  • 1Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

This study refined a coding system for mental representations of others, finding that borderline patients show less differentiated object representation compared to nonpsychiatric individuals.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • The Blatt, Wein, Chevron, and Quinlan (1979) coding system assesses object differentiation in descriptions of others.
  • A single score was previously assigned per subject, limiting nuanced analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the existing coding system to generate scores for all five representational levels for two object descriptions per subject.
  • To develop a new procedure assuming all differentiation levels exist within individuals in varying proportions.

Main Methods:

  • A new coding procedure was developed and applied to assess object representation levels.
  • Responses from a cohort of borderline patients and nonpsychiatric subjects were compared.

Main Results:

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  • All subjects received scores across all five representational levels.
  • Borderline patients exhibited higher proportions of lower, less differentiated object representation.
  • Nonpsychiatric subjects demonstrated higher scores in more differentiated, complex representational levels.

Conclusions:

  • The refined coding method successfully differentiates between patient and non-patient groups based on object representation.
  • The findings support the assumption that all differentiation levels are present within individuals, with varying prominence.