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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 282-8 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 Sept |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Drug Abuse and Addiction
Free 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
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