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Aslı Akın1, Paul Magnus Reichel2, Elisabeth Clara Weber2
1Abteilung für Psychosomatik, Klinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, Medizinische Psychologie
|April 5, 2024
Summary
Adolescents with mental health issues show links between psychodynamic conflict, defense styles, and personality structure. These findings align with the ICD-11 classification of personality functioning.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Developmental Psychology
Context:
- Adolescents with mental health problems present complex psychodynamic patterns.
- Understanding these patterns is crucial for effective diagnosis and treatment.
- The revision of personality disorder classification (ICD-11) necessitates research into core personality functioning.
Purpose:
- To explore the interrelationships between central psychodynamic constructs in adolescents with mental health problems.
- To investigate associations between psychodynamic conflict, defense styles, and personality structure.
- To examine the predictive power of structural dimensions, age, and sex on these constructs.
Summary:
- A study of 230 adolescents revealed significant associations between increased psychodynamic conflict, immature defense styles, and deficits in personality structure.
- Psychodynamic conflicts and defense styles were predictable by structural dimensions, age, and sex.
- Findings support theoretical models and have implications for the ICD-11 classification.
Impact:
- Provides empirical support for psychodynamic theories in adolescent mental health.
- Informs diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for personality functioning in adolescents.
- Contributes to the understanding of personality development and psychopathology in youth.
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