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Project

Nature, function and dynamics of somatic symptoms in patients with an introjective personality style.
Code
01D00119
Duration
01 October 2019 → 01 November 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Psychoanalysis
Keywords
symptom specificity hypothesis psychotherapy research introjective personality style somatic symptoms psycholinguistics
 
Project description
 

Recent research pointed to the role of somatic symptoms in patients with an introjective personality style. Their nature and function, however, have hardly been examined. Our study deals with this by examining the somatic symptoms within the subjective and interpersonal functioning of these patients. To this end, we combine quantitative and in-depth qualitative analyses, including single case research as well as psycholinguistic methods.