Defense mechanisms in alcoholics attending outpatient treatment. : Results from the MCT-test (Meta-Contrast Technique)
(1993) In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 34(3). p.8-282- Abstract
Defensive strategies were studied in 72 alcoholics participating in outpatient treatment by using, before the treatment started, the Meta-Contrast Technique, MCT, a percept-genetic method. Alcoholics had less often adaptive strategies than controls. A lack of adaptive defense strategies was related to a more impaired psychic status, more psychological benefits from drinking, and more psychiatric symptoms but not to severity of alcoholism or results of psychometric tests (intellectual level, field-dependence, spatial performance). It does not seem inconceivable that the MCT could be used as a diagnostic tool in treatment planning.
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- author
- Öjehagen, Agneta LU and Smith, Gudmund LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1993-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Alcoholism, Ambulatory Care, Defense Mechanisms, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Assessment, Psychometrics, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- volume
- 34
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- pmid:8378757
- scopus:0027661670
- ISSN
- 0036-5564
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1993.tb01123.x
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 9a121cde-3ea2-4ed2-9097-10144f34a72a
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