Personalidad dependiente y creencias irracionales en mujeres indígenas / Dependent personality and irrational beliefs in indigenous women

La personalidad dependiente corresponde a un conjunto de características guiadas por comportamientos de sumisión, de extrema tolerancia y sobrevaloración a las parejas. Se visualiza por medio de las creencias irracionales que expresan necesidades, deseos, sentimientos, temores e ideas, las mismas que en conjunto forman la personalidad y que requieren el estudio de sus características para proponer soluciones. Por lo que, se realizó una investigación descriptiva correlacional, con el objetivo de analizar el tipo de personalidad de mujeres indígenas y las creencias irracionales de la Comunidad de Nizag del cantón Alausí, durante el periodo junio-noviembre del 2016. La población estuvo conformada por 104 mujeres indígenas de la cual se seleccionó a 42 mujeres, por medio de muestreo intencional en base a criterios de inclusión. Los resultados se obtuvieron por la aplicación de dos baterías psicométricas, se pudo observar que el 40% de la población de estudio presenta personalidad dependiente y en iguales proporciones con un 35,7% creencia irracional N°8 "Se necesita contar con algo más grande y más fuerte que uno mismo y Para un adulto es absolutamente necesario tener el cariño y N°1: la aprobación de sus semejantes, familia y amigos, mediante análisis estadístico se demostró la no existencia de correlación entre las dos variables.

Dependent personality is a set of characteristics guided by behaviors of submission, extreme tolerance and overvaluation to couples. Irrational beliefs express needs, desires, feelings, fears and ideas, which together form the personality and require the study of their characteristics to propose solutions. Therefore, a correlational descriptive research was carried out in order to analyze the personality type of indigenous women and the irrational beliefs of Nizag Community of Alausí town, during the period June-November 2016. The population consisted of 104 indigenous women, but 42 ones were selected by means of intentional sampling based on inclusion criteria. The results were obtained by the application of two psychometric questionnaires. It was observed that 40% of the study population showed a dependent personality and in equal proportions with a 35.7% irrational belief No. 8 "You need to have something bigger and stronger than oneself and it is absolutely necessary to have affection and No. 1 for an adult: the approval of their peers, family and friends". It was demonstrated the non-existence of correlation between the two variables through statistical analysis.

Dissociative identity disorder: an attempt to understand the disorder in Malaysian context

Dissociation, including multiple personality disorder, has long been a controversial topic. Patients with suggestive symptoms are often misdiagnosed as malingering or even having schizophrenia. The former as a result of the overlooking of a clinician on the fact that suggestibility itself plays a key role in the emergence and perpetuation of this illness and the latter due to the lack of knowledge of the whole dissociative disorder spectrum, often resembling that of a psychotic disorder. Another contributing factor to the small number of patients with this diagnosis is due to the reluctance of a psychiatrist to do so because of his/her lack of experience and also fear of humiliation of being accused of seeking fame from diagnosing this somewhat glamorous phenomenon. In Malaysia, various culture bound syndromes often present with similar symptoms too. This article will attempt to understand this dissociation on the local context using case studies as a reference point.

Dissociative identity disorder: an attempt to understand the disorder in Malaysian context

Dissociation, including multiple personality disorder, has long been a controversial topic. Patients with suggestive symptoms are often misdiagnosed as malingering or even having schizophrenia. The former as a result of the overlooking of a clinician on the fact that suggestibility itself plays a key role in the emergence and perpetuation of this illness and the latter due to the lack of knowledge of the whole dissociative disorder spectrum, often resembling that of a psychotic disorder. Another contributing factor to the small number of patients with this diagnosis is due to the reluctance of a psychiatrist to do so because of his/her lack of experience and also fear of humiliation of being accused of seeking fame from diagnosing this somewhat glamorous phenomenon. In Malaysia, various culture bound syndromes often present with similar symptoms too. This article will attempt to understand this dissociation on the local context using case studies as a reference point.