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PERSONALITY INTEGRATION IN PATIENTS WITH UNEXPLAINED SOMATIC SYMPTOMS

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Kokonyei G., Rozsa S., Holics A., Olah A., Kulcsar Z.
Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)
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2006
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vol. 61
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issue 3
433-449
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The theoretical and methodological basis of the authors' study was a model of personality integration by Sheldon and Kasser (1995, 2001), considering personality integration as dependent on two personality constructs: congruence and coherence of strivings (in terms of Emmons 1986, 1992). While the strivings construct proved to be a predicator of well-being and health, no previous research was done to measure the construct in patients with somatoform disorders. In their study, the method of Sheldon and Kasser was applied to compare measures of personal strivings of female somatisers (patients with at least one unexplained physical symptom with a minimum of 6 months duration and paired controls. No member of either group had ever been under psychiatric care and all of them were drug free for more than 2 weeks. Results: external determination, extrinsic vertical coherence and the summed coherence were significantly higher in the S group. Higher order strivings positively, and lower order strivings negatively correlated with several psychological immune system measures in the control group, while much fewer correlations have been found in the somatisers. The NEO-PIR Neuroticism scale was correlated with extrinsically determined strivings in the controls but not in the somatisers. Conclusion: Somatisers seemed to be at a lower level of personality integration and showed a higher level of motivation (perhaps to meet the experimenter's expectations). These characteristics might contribute to the pathology both as causal and maintaining factors.
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EXPERIENCES OF THE APPLICATION OF THE ASPIRATION INDEX ON A HUNGARIAN SAMPLE

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V-Komlosi A., Rozsa S., Berdi M., Moricz E., Horvath D.
Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)
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2006
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vol. 61
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issue 2
237-250
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In their study the authors show the adaptation of the 'Aspiration Index' in the Hungarian context that is for testing the 'self Determination Theory' by Deci and Ryan (1985, 2000). According to the assumptions of the functioning of personality, its health or pathological nature is a result of the characteristic pattern of intrinsic and extrinsic life goals. According to the results of available empirical data regardless of gender, cultural background, social-economic status in the case of dominant intrinsic motivation indicators of well-being, mental and physical health are higher, while lower in the case of dominant extrinsic motivation. The authors' results are in accordance with previous international research: 1. Clear intrinsic and extrinsic factors appear in the motivational goal system measured by the Aspiration Index; 2. Validating questionnaires applied in our study (BDI for measuring depression and NEO-PI-R and TCI for measuring personality trait structure) showed healthier personality operation in the case of dominant intrinsic motivation, while dominant extrinsic motivation was connected with less efficient personality operation.
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