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The image of self and of the environment in drug abusers : a comparative study using the TAT
(L'image de soi et de l'entourage chez le toximane : étude comparative à l'aide du TAT)
Auteur(s) :
FASSINO, S. ;
SCARSO G. ;
BARBERO, L. ;
TAYLOR, J. ;
PEZZINI F. ;
FURLAN P.M.
Année
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0376-8716
Refs biblio. :
28
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1992, 30, 253-261
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
L'étude a pour but de comprendre les problèmes d'identité des toxicomanes, à l'aide du test de Murray (TAT). Il en ressort un besoin d'aggressivité accru et une sensation d'hostilité de la part de l'environnement. Ces résultats sont à prendre en compte dans les thérapies.
ENGLISH :
This study attempted to add to our understanding of the heroin abusers' identity problems, using images of the self and the environment. Murray's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was applied to a group of male drug users undergoing withdrawal treatment with methadone and also to a group of male, non-drug using controls. The needs of the subjects and the demands of the environment, plus interaction between the two, were compared between the two groups to obtain information about the self and lifestyle. Among the data which emerged, is an increased need for destructive aggression and an environment experienced as coercive and emarginating. Among the interactions we observed coerced imagination, difficulties in identification, personal relationships based on abandonment with persecutory projection of the female figure and a tendency toward immature defences such as avoidance, denial and acting out. This information is discussed in relation to possible means of treatment. (Author's abstract)
L'étude a pour but de comprendre les problèmes d'identité des toxicomanes, à l'aide du test de Murray (TAT). Il en ressort un besoin d'aggressivité accru et une sensation d'hostilité de la part de l'environnement. Ces résultats sont à prendre en compte dans les thérapies.
ENGLISH :
This study attempted to add to our understanding of the heroin abusers' identity problems, using images of the self and the environment. Murray's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was applied to a group of male drug users undergoing withdrawal treatment with methadone and also to a group of male, non-drug using controls. The needs of the subjects and the demands of the environment, plus interaction between the two, were compared between the two groups to obtain information about the self and lifestyle. Among the data which emerged, is an increased need for destructive aggression and an environment experienced as coercive and emarginating. Among the interactions we observed coerced imagination, difficulties in identification, personal relationships based on abandonment with persecutory projection of the female figure and a tendency toward immature defences such as avoidance, denial and acting out. This information is discussed in relation to possible means of treatment. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Ist. Clin. Psichiatr., Univ. Torino, Via Cherasco 1510126 Torino
Italie. Italy.
Italie. Italy.