Jason P Price1. 1. South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust, Middlesbrough, UK. jason.price@stees.nhs.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify specific ego defences and core schemas involved in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. DESIGN: Stepwise regression with predictor models generated from ego defences and core schema variables. METHOD: Seventy-seven participants completed the Impact of Event Scale, the 40-item Defence Style Questionnaire and the Young Schema Questionnaire (short-form). RESULTS: Four core schemas (Defectiveness, Dependency, Enmeshment and Failure) and three defence mechanisms (Splitting, Rationalization and Projection) were found to be significant predictors in PTSD symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The identified core schema and ego defences are seen to be theoretically consistent with present cognitive and psychodynamic conceptualizations of PTSD. The implications for future research are discussed.
OBJECTIVE: To identify specific ego defences and core schemas involved in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology. DESIGN: Stepwise regression with predictor models generated from ego defences and core schema variables. METHOD: Seventy-seven participants completed the Impact of Event Scale, the 40-item Defence Style Questionnaire and the Young Schema Questionnaire (short-form). RESULTS: Four core schemas (Defectiveness, Dependency, Enmeshment and Failure) and three defence mechanisms (Splitting, Rationalization and Projection) were found to be significant predictors in PTSD symptomatology. CONCLUSIONS: The identified core schema and ego defences are seen to be theoretically consistent with present cognitive and psychodynamic conceptualizations of PTSD. The implications for future research are discussed.
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