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[Personality disorders in adolescents].
Problemy Medycyny Wieku Rozwojowego
|January 1, 1983
Summary
Adolescent personality development is significantly hindered by disturbed family environments. This can lead to conduct disorders, emotional instability, and poor adjustment mechanisms, impacting social functioning.
Area of Science:
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Developmental Psychology
- Sociology
Context:
- Investigated 50 adolescents (14-20 years) with personality development disturbances.
- Utilized psychiatric, psychological, and sociological methods, including intelligence and personality assessments.
- Compared patient group with a matched control group.
Purpose:
- To investigate the symptoms and origins of personality development disturbances in adolescents.
- To identify specific personality traits and behavioral patterns associated with these disturbances.
- To examine the influence of family environment and parental attitudes.
Summary:
- Conduct disorders were prevalent, with suicidal/parasuicidal behavior and neurotic symptoms in one-third of patients.
- Key personality features included emotional instability, low self-sentiment, and high ergic tension.
- Adverse parental attitudes and a worse family environment were significant factors.
Impact:
- Disturbed family environments hinder the development of essential adjustment mechanisms.
- Findings highlight the critical role of family dynamics in adolescent personality functioning.
- Results inform therapeutic interventions for adolescents with personality disorders.