Relationship between features of defense style and clinical symptoms of eating attitude in patients with ano-rexia nervosa / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To investigate the relationship between the characteristics of psychological defense style and clinical symptoms of eating attitude in patients with anorexia nervosa patients. Methods Totally 92 ca?ses ( 46 cases of restricting type,46 cases of binge?eating/purging type,48 cases of early onset before 16 years old, 44 cases of late onset after 16 years old) meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Forth Edition ( DSM?4) for anorexia nervosa (AN) were collected.92 gender?marriage?and education?matched normal cases in a psychiatric hospital were selected as the healthy control group(HC) .All were assessed with defensive style questionnaire(DSQ) and eating attitude test?26(EAT?26).DSQ and EAT?26 were compared between AN and HC,between early onset of AN( before 16 old years) and late onset of AN( after 16 old years) ,and between AN?R and AN?P.Then correlation study was done for the AN. Results Compared with HC,AN showed higher scores in the immature defense,neurotic defense ((4.49±1.13)vs (3.55±0.93),(4.33±0.76)vs (3.88±0.69), P0.05) . Conclusion AN patients tend to use more immature defense and neurotic de?fense compared with HC,and AN?P patients use more immature defense compared with AN?R. Immature defense and neurotic defense are related to the eating attitude,and the immature defense is related the duration.

Questionário de Estilos de Defesa: avaliação psicométrica e redefinição conceitual / Defensive Style Questionnaire: psychometrical evaluation and construct reset / Cuestionario de Estilos de Defensa: evaluación psicométrica y redefinición conceptual

Devido à irredutibilidade epistemológica entre Psicometria e Psicanálise, rejeitamos que o Questionário Estilo de Defesa avalie mecanismos de defesa do ego. A fim de elucidar os construtos avaliados, desenvolvemos um estudo psicométrico. Participou respondendo ao Questionário de Estilos de Defesa e ao Composite International Diagnostic Interview uma amostra representativa da população carcerária do Estado de São Paulo de 1775 indivíduos. A análise se caracterizou por seleção de itens, análises fatoriais, análise de consistência interna, correlações e testes-t. Os resultados reduziram o número de itens de 78 para 23 e revelaram quatro fatores correlacionados com consistência aceitável para os três primeiros e insuficiente para o quarto. Encontraram-se associações significativas entre o segundo fator e dependência de droga, assim como entre o primeiro e terceiro fatores e déficit cognitivo. O instrumento parece avaliar uma dimensão não patológica de sofrimento e três de enfrentamento; entretanto, não há suporte empírico e conceitual para sua utilização clínica.

Due to the epistemological irreducibility between Psychometrics and Psychoanalysis we reject the hypothesis that the Defensive Style Questionnaire assesses ego defense mechanisms. To identify the constructs assessed by the Defensive Style Questionnaire we delineated an exploratory psychometrical work. In the current research, participated responding the Defensive Style Questionnaire and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview a representative sample of the São Paulo State prisoner population of 1775 individuals. Analyses were characterized by item selection, factor analysis, internal consistency analysis, correlations and t-tests. Results downsized the number of items from 78 to 23 and reveled four oblique factors with acceptable consistency for three and insufficient for the fourth factor. Significant associations were found between the second factor and drug addiction and among the first and third factors and cognitive deficit. The instrument seems to assess a non-pathological dimension of mental distress and three affective coping dimensions; nevertheless, there is no support for its clinical application.

Debido a la irreductibilidad epistemológica entre Psicometría y Psicoanálisis, rechazamos el Cuestionario de Estilos de Defensa para evaluar mecanismos de defensa del ego. Con el fin de elucidar los constructos evaluados, hemos desarrollado un estudio psicométrico. Participó, respondiendo al Cuestionario de Estilos de Defesa y al Composite International Diagnostic Interview, una muestra representativa de la población carcelaria del Estado de São Paulo de 1775 individuos. El análisis se caracterizó por selección de ítems, análisis factoriales, análisis de consistencia interna, correlaciones y testes-t. Los resultados redujeron el número de ítems de 78 para 23 y revelaron cuatro factores correlacionados con consistencia aceptable para los tres primeros e insuficiente para el cuarto. Se encontraron asociaciones significativas entre el segundo factor y la adicción a las drogas, así como entre l primero y tercero factores y déficit cognitivo. El instrumento parece evaluar una dimensión no patológica de sufrimiento y tres de enfrentamiento; sin embargo, no hay soporte empírico y conceptual para su uso clínico.

Gender difference of defensive style in Chinese college students: A meta-analytic review / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective: To explore the gender difference of defensive style in Chinese college students. Method; Meta-analytic method was used to calculate 15 group data in 13 studies from 1990 to 2009, to test whether there were differences between male and female college students in three defensive styles and image distorting factor. Results: The d-values of immature defense style, mature defense style, and intermediate/neurotic defense style were -0.08 (95% CI : -0.12～ -0.04), -0.01 (95% CI: -0.05～ -0.03), and -0.05(95% CI: -0.09～-0.01) respectively. And the d - value of image distorting factor was 0.07 (95% CI: -0.02 ～0.15) . Conclusion: There is no gender difference in the defensive styles in Chinese college students.

Correlation of Physical and Mental Health with Coping and Defensive Style in Asthma Patients / 中国慢性病预防与控制

Objective To explore the association of physical and mental health with coping and defensive style in asthma patients. Methods 190 adult patients with asthma were investigated with trait coping style questionnaire, defensive style questionnaire and short form 36 health survey questionnaire. Results The scores in group with higher score of health status were lower than those in group with lower score of health status in negative coping style, immature and middle defensive style, but higher in positive coping style (P

Defense Style of Undergraduates with Cluster B Personality Disorders / 中国心理卫生杂志

Objective: To study the defense style of undergraduates with cluster B personality disorders. Methods:26 undergraduates with cluster B personality disorders were diagnosed by PDQ~ +4 and PDI from 2826 undergraduates, then they and 63 normal undergraduates were assessed with DSQ (defensive style questionnaire). Results: ①The incidence of histrionic, narcissistic, borderline and antisocial personality disorders were 0.25%?0.50%?0.39% and 0.11% .②The undergraduates with B cluster personality disorder had higher scores in immature defenses and idealization, omnipotenic-devaluation and isolation than normal control (t=3.18-7.03)(P