title: [Internalized object relations in schizophrenics].
abstract: In the present study, schizophrenic persons were studied with regard to internalised object relations. A rating method developed by Urist was applied to the Holtzman Inkblot Technique, a modification of the Rorschach-Test. A sample of acute schizophrenic patients (n = 25) and a sample of chronic schizophrenics (n = 25) were studied and compared to a sample of borderline patients (n = 30) with regard to ratings of internalised object relations. According to the results, borderline patients showed significantly higher ratings of object relations in which one figure was tortured, damaged, or devoured by another. Furthermore, it could be demonstrated that severe forms of primary process thinking correlated significantly with ratings of primitive object relations not only in borderline patients, but also in acute schizophrenics and chronic schizophrenics. The results are discussed with regard to Kernbergs's theory of primary process thinking.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Klinische Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie der Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leichsenring
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
vernacular_title: Verinnerlichte Objektbeziehungen bei Schizophrenen.