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Kindheitspersönlichkeit und Kindheitserlebnisse bei Depressiven

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Beiträge zur Psychodynamik endogener Psychosen

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Zu vier depressiven Untergruppen (Bipolare, Monopolare, neurotisch Depressive, unklassifizierte Depressive) wurden jeweils mindestens 15 Probanden mit gut gesicherter Diagnose aus einer größeren Stichprobe unsystematisch ausgewählt. Anhand von Interviewdaten wurden die einzelnen Untergruppen und die Depressiven als Gesamtgruppe mit 36 nichtpsychiatrischen Normalen (26 Frauen und 10 Männern) im Hinblick auf ihre Persönlichkeitszüge und ihre Erlebnisse mit der familiären Umwelt in Kindheit und Jugend untersucht. Alle depressiven Untergruppen unterscheiden sich von den Normalen in ihrer Kindheitspersönlichkeit und in ihren Kindheitserlebnissen. Eine gewisse Ausnahme bilden die Bipolaren aufgrund ihrer Ähnlichkeit zu den Normalen in ihren Persönlichkeitseigenschaften. Der Vergleich unserer Befunde aus der Kindheit und Jugend mit denen in der Literatur zum Erwachsenenleben zeigt eine große Ähnlichkeit der Persönlichkeitszüge. Das spricht für einen linearen Zusammenhang zwischen den kindlichen und den erwachsenen Zügen bei Depressiven im Sinne der Konstanzhypothese.

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Into each of the four categories of depressives (bipolar, monopolar, neurotic, unclassified) at least 15 individuals were selected at random from a larger group of clearly diagnosed patients. Based on interview data the subdivided as well as the combined sample was compared to a non psychiatric control group of 26 women and 10 men in terms of personality traits and experiences during childhood and adolescence. All four groups of depressives showed differences of childhood personality traits and experiences compared to the normal control group. A slight exception was evident in the group of bipolar depressives in that they resembled normal personality traits. Our data from childhood and adolescence were compared with equivalent data reported in the literature focussing on adulthood. Personality traits were found to be similar in support of the hypothesis of continuity and the linear correlation of childhood and adult personalities.

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Söldner, M., Matussek, P. (1990). Kindheitspersönlichkeit und Kindheitserlebnisse bei Depressiven. In: Beiträge zur Psychodynamik endogener Psychosen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74147-0_10

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