Self-discrepancy: structural differences between clinical and non-clinical populations evaluated with MCMI-II

Authors

  • Ângela Brandão Psicologia; Hospital CUF Infante Santo
  • António Branco Vasco Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação; Universidade de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.6044

Keywords:

self-discrepancies, personality, MCMI, Emotion, Motivation, Psychotherapy

Abstract

This research addresses the personality as a complex and dynamic structure and it relates the self-discrepancy theory with Millon's theory of personality. Self-discrepancy theory predicts that Ideal and Ought discrepancies originate different negative emotions. Millon's bipsychosocial theoty emphasizes the interaction between organism, environment and social learning, making salient the circularity of the interaction. The present study refers to the Real-Self (RS), Ideal-Self (IS) and Ought-Self (OS) discrepancies, evaluated using the MCMI-II in two different samples (clinical and non-clinical). The RSs results are different in the two samples and they were analized scale by scale. The RS-IS and RS-OS discrepancies results for each trait scale analyzes were mixed. It was given greater emphasis to RS-RI discrepancies and implications for personality theories and case conceptualization are taken into consideration.

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Published

2006-06-01

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Original Articles

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