防御机制与六个国家的心理健康症状有关
Vera Békés1, Claire J Starrs2, J Christopher Perry3
1Yeshiva University, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, New York, NY. vera.bekes@yu.edu.
Research in psychotherapy (Milano)
|January 16, 2024
概括
防御机制影响心理健康和适应困境. 较少使用成熟防御与更高的痛苦相关,而成熟防御与六个国家的更好的福祉有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 跨文化心理学跨文化心理学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 防御机制是适应过程,对于心理功能和应急适应至关重要.
- 了解防御机制对于心理健康干预和整体福祉至关重要.
- 防御机制的跨文化比较提供了对普遍和文化特定模式的见解.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较六个国家的防御机制的利用情况.
- 检查防御机制和心理健康症状之间的关系.
- 研究这些关系的跨文化通用性.
主要方法:
- 一项大规模的描述性研究,涉及19,860名基于社区的个人.
- 数据收集发生在COVID-19大流行早期阶段.
- 来自美国,澳大利亚,加拿大,德国,意大利和英国的参与者.
主要成果:
- 防御机制类别在研究国家中显示了类似的使用模式.
- 较低的防御功能 (神经质,不成熟的防御) 与更高的痛苦有关.
- 成熟的防御通常与心理健康症状相反,在不同文化中一致.
结论:
- 防御机制在与心理健康的关系中表现出跨文化相似之处.
- 促进适应性防御功能可以增强心理健康.
- 研究结果支持培养成熟防御的临床含义,以减轻压力影响.
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