title: [Self concept and parental images in patients with affective disorders--a clinical study with the Giessen Test].
abstract: The relationship between self, ideal self and normative self was studied in a sample of 139 patients with affective disorders and 73 patients with orthopaedic complaints. The depressive patients showed significant-asymmetric relationships between self and ideal self even after recovery from the clinical depression. Neurotic depressive patients could be distinguished from unipolar depressive patients in this regard. The self-concept of the depressive patients was characterised by means of the bipolar Giessen-test dimensions "insufficiency of performance", "lack of social adjustment" and "lack of social contact" and by means of the GT-dimensions "negative social resonance" and "depressive mood". There were no specific relationships between self-image and parental images in the depressive sample. The results underline the necessity of therapeutic interventions in depressive patients during the so-called symptom-free interval.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Zürich.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Böker
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Budischewski
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walesch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nikisch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior