PMID- 16417160
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060210
LR  - 20090204
IS  - 0350-6134 (Print)
IS  - 0350-6134 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 2
DP  - 2005 Dec
TI  - Changes of defense mechanisms and personality profile during group analytic 
      treatment.
PG  - 551-8
AB  - Researching efficiency of group-analytic treatment and following Foulkes' 
      principle of the "group-as-a-whole", the methodology was applied. That enabled 
      the evaluation of expected changes of group members individually, as well as the 
      group-as-a-whole. In this study three small groups (20 patients) were followed up 
      and changes were evaluated after second and after fourths years of group 
      analysis. Two measuring instruments--The Life Style Index and Defence Mechanisms 
      Scale (LS-DM) and Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory (MMPI-201) were 
      applied. Each member of the group was assessed by self-evaluation as well as the 
      group-as-a-whole. The results of the research indicated that changes of the 
      personality occurred. Changes consisted in lowering of defensive activities that 
      was tending towards more mature defences. Changes also consisted in lowering 
      ratings on the pathological parts of the MMPI-scales reflecting shifting of the 
      conflict level. The results could be predictive for positive outcome of group 
      analysis. More studies are needed.
FAU - Vlastelica, Mirela
AU  - Vlastelica M
AD  - mirelavlastelica@yahoo.com
FAU - Jurcevic, Slavica
AU  - Jurcevic S
FAU - Zemunik, Tatijana
AU  - Zemunik T
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Croatia
TA  - Coll Antropol
JT  - Collegium antropologicum
JID - 8003354
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Croatia
MH  - *Defense Mechanisms
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/psychology/*rehabilitation
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Personality
MH  - *Psychoanalysis
MH  - Psychotherapeutic Processes
MH  - *Psychotherapy, Group
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2006/01/19 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/14 09:00
CRDT- 2006/01/19 09:00
PHST- 2006/01/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/01/19 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Coll Antropol. 2005 Dec;29(2):551-8.