Interrelations between Ego Functions and Personality Traits: Their Relation to Psychotherapy Outcome
Abstract
At the time of their admission, 90 psychiatric outpatients completed self-report measures of four ego functions and a personality test that assesses eight traits plus conflict. Results showed high correlations between three of the four ego functions and personality-trait measures and moderate correlations between these measures and outcome measures of psychotherapy.
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