Jamshid Jarareh; Omid Seifouri; Medina Amiri
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The aim of this study was to examine the prediction of personality disorders based on complex trauma with the mediating of ego empowerment. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study was all male and female undergraduate students of Shahid Rajaee ...
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The aim of this study was to examine the prediction of personality disorders based on complex trauma with the mediating of ego empowerment. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study was all male and female undergraduate students of Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Tehran in the first semester of the academic year 2020-2021. A total of 161 girls and boys participated in this study by available random sampling method. To collect research data, Scales of Personality Questionnaire (SCID-II), Bell Object Relationship Questionnaire (BORI) and Ego Empowerment Scale (PIES) were used. The collected data were analyzed through Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis. Findings showed all research variables had a significant correlation with each other. Complex trauma %-34.5 of ego empowerment variance has explained negatively. Complex trauma with the mediating role of ego empowerment has been able to predict %25/1 of the variance of personality disorders in and student teachers. Also, complex trauma has been able to explain %41/7 of the variance of personality disorders in student teachers alone. In general, when a childhood complex trauma develops in the student teachers, the ego also grows poorly, and as a result, the student teachers are exposed to personality disorders.
Mina Bagherinezhad; Rasol Roshan Chesli; Mohammad Arash Ramezani; Kazem Rasoulzadeh Tabatabaei
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Experience of complex trauma in childhood can lead to significant psychological effects in adulthood. One of such most important effects is maladaptive sense of self. The purpose of this study was to provide a deep understanding regarding the quality of sense of self in Iranian adult clients with a history ...
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Experience of complex trauma in childhood can lead to significant psychological effects in adulthood. One of such most important effects is maladaptive sense of self. The purpose of this study was to provide a deep understanding regarding the quality of sense of self in Iranian adult clients with a history of complex trauma. The research method employed was interpretive phenomenology, which is a qualitative method. For this purpose, using purposeful sampling, 12 clients (8 females and 4 males), with a history of complex trauma (emotional and physical neglect, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse) who referred to two psychological clinics in Tehran, were selected. In-depth interviews were held to collect data. The interview sessions were recorded and transcribed verbatim and were analyzed using the seven-stage method of Colaizzi. The two main themes extracted were the central sense of self and coping strategies. The central sense of self included two main categories of maladaptive shame and maladaptive fear. The coping strategies included three main categories of avoidance, feeling angry with oneself, and compensatory behaviors. In the end, the findings were discussed.