Magurean, Alexandra (2021) Me, Myself and I: The Relationship between Identity Disturbance and Psychopathology. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
While identity has been studied by developmental psychologists for decades, clinical psychology has only in recent years gained an interest in identity and its potential relationship to psychopathology. At present there are few clinical studies that assess the link between identity disturbance and psychopathology. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between identity disturbance and psychopathological traits in a non-clinical sample. Another aim of the study was to see if childhood trauma can serve as a moderator in the relationship between identity and psychopathological traits. For this study we used a sample (N = 378) of first-year psychology students (241 females, 135 males, 2 “other”) from the University of Groningen. We used two scales to measure identity and 7 scales that measured psychopathological traits, while another scale measured types of childhood maltreatment. The correlations between identity and psychopathological traits were moderate at best, with the highest correlations being between “Lack of identity” and BPD, PTSD and depression. We used PROCESS to assess the moderating role of trauma. Only the interactions of BPD with physical abuse showed an effect on identity, along with the interaction of depression with physical abuse and physical neglect. Our conclusion is that more research is needed to assess the correlation between identity and psychopathology. A suggestion would be to conduct future studies on a clinical sample Keywords: identity, identity disturbance, psychopathological traits. Childhood trauma as moderator
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huntjens, R.J.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2022 07:33 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2022 07:33 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/381 |
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