The self representation in schizophrenia: evaluation by means of the Rorschach test

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Manoel Antônio dos
• Data de Publicação: 2000
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/paideia/article/view/6081
• topic: esquizofrenia; representação de si; psicodiagnóstico de Rorschach; schizophrenia; self representation; Rorschach test

This article discuss the relationship between the self representation and the psychic organization in schizophrenia, using the Rorschach psychodiagnosis test. The study was conducted on a sample of twenty adult male outpatients diagnosed as schizophrenics. An instrument of content analysis was applied for a systematic evaluation of the responses obtained, based on the criteria and interpretative frameworks proposed in the literature. Data analysis indicated a severe impairment of the structure of self representations, as well as a scarce projection of dynamism and of interactional activity in the perceptions. The inner world of the schizophrenic is precariously ordered and integrated, marked by a marked lack of affective differentiation, and by archaic and regressive representations of the Ego, resulting in the impoverishment of the personality. Theoretical implications are taken into account when discussing results.