Abstract

BORELLE, Azucena; DE LUCA, María Florencia  and  MAIDA, Marianela. The Two Persons Test: its application in the detection of somatic vulnerability: Study of graphic and verbal indicators. Subj. procesos cogn. [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.1, pp.17-35. ISSN 1852-7310.

In order to continue exploring the use of projective graphic diagnostic techniques in the detection and understanding of the psychic organization in individuals with somatic disorders, the present study looks into the application of the “Two Persons” Test, originally created to evaluate the internalized couple bond. Taking into account the structure of the technique (graphic-verbal) this investigation now tests the applicability of the test to capture particularities of body image and mentalization, decisive aspects in the vulnerable psychic organization of somatic individuals. Results were obtained from a sample of 100 individuals aged 25 to 35 years old with somatic afflictions. A descriptive exploratory design is applied to investigate the characteristics of the graphics and the narrative of these individuals, comparing them with those of an equivalent group without somatic afflictions. A qualitative quantitative methodology was privileged in accordance with predetermined categories of analysis relevant in psychosomatic metapsychology. The results are consistent with the psychodynamic psychosomatic theory.

Keywords : Graphic projective techniques; Two Persons” Test; Adults; Psychosomatic.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )