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Rigidity of construing of self and significant others and psychological disorder
Author(s) -
Button Eric J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1990.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - psychology , repertory grid , clinical psychology , population , psychiatry , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , environmental health
This study was designed to test the hypothesis that more rigid construing of self and others is more common in non‐psychotic psychological disorder than in the general population. Thirty‐one adult referrals to either a psychiatric day hospital or a clinical psychology service were compared with 31 matched normal controls using a repertory grid. There was no support for the hypothesis, but there was evidence of greater negativity of self‐construing in the client group. The implications of these findings for clinical practice are discussed.