Open AccessGender differences in sexuality Ego-functioning in patients with epilepsy
Author(s) -
V. G. Sosnina,
D. M. Saraykin,
Л. В. Липатова
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nevrologiâ, nejropsihiatriâ, psihosomatika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2310-1342
pISSN - 2074-2711
DOI - 10.14412/2074-2711-2018-1s-25-30
Subject(s) - human sexuality , id, ego and super ego , psychology , narcissism , epilepsy , developmental psychology , normative , clinical psychology , aggression , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , gender studies , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
Objective: to study the gender features of sexuality as one of the structural central ego functions in patients with epilepsy. Patients and methods . The investigation was conducted on a sample of 102 people, by using the Ego Structure Test described by G. Ammon (Ich-Struktur-Test nach Ammon (ISTA), 1997). Results and discussion. This study showed that female patients with epilepsy had a more severity of destructive and deficient components of ego functions, such as aggression, fear, outer and inner ego demarcation, narcissism; sexual deficit as compared to normative data. The same was often noted at a statistically significant level in comparison with other study groups. Conclusion. The impairment of all core functions in female patients with epilepsy leads to the impossible realization of mature sexuality.