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A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania
Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22987 A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania Aronstam, Maurice Albert upetd@ais.up.ac.za Smuts, Sonia Psychological functioning Aetiology Treatment Psychodynamic Adjustment Personality structure Comprehensive system Trichotillomania Hair pulling Rorschach Exner UCTD Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. Fifteen adult women (mean age 34.5 years) participated in this exploratory study. The study aimed to identify commonalities in trichotillomania patients’ personality structure and psychological functioning. Relevant historical data were obtained, the Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale was completed, and a Rorschach test in terms of the Comprehensive System was administered. The results point to an innate vulnerability in the sample’s personality structure that impedes their capacity for efficient problem-solving, decision-making, and coping behaviour. Other key findings include a distorted perception of themselves, a limited capacity for control and stress tolerance, difficulty in modulating and expressing emotions, the interference of primary process thinking in ideational activity, and the effects of these factors on their interpersonal relationships. Theoretical inferences are made about the probable aetiological roots of these findings. As the subjects’ level of functioning was unexpectedly high in the light of their deep-rooted pathology, the dynamic role and function of self-induced hair pulling as a symptom were considered. Suggestions are made to improve the treatment prognosis of the disorder. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:14:37Z 2005-03-07 2013-09-06T14:14:37Z 2002-01-04 2006-03-07 2005-03-07 Dissertation Smuts, S 2002, A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22987 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22987 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03072005-121028/ © 2002, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Psychological functioning Aetiology Treatment Psychodynamic Adjustment Personality structure Comprehensive system Trichotillomania Hair pulling Rorschach Exner UCTD A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| title | A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| title_full | A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| title_fullStr | A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| title_short | A Rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| title_sort | rorschach study of fifteen women with trichotillomania |
| topic | Psychological functioning Aetiology Treatment Psychodynamic Adjustment Personality structure Comprehensive system Trichotillomania Hair pulling Rorschach Exner UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22987 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03072005-121028/ |