Yansıtma: Psikopatoloji ve Projektif Testler Dergisi; 2011;(15):117-128
Obezite ve Gece Yemesi Sendromunun Rorschach Testi ile Değerlendirilmesi
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The Evaluation of Obesity and Night Eating Syndrome with Rorschach Test
Obesity is usually defined in terms of body weight and includes those individuals who have 20% or more of their body weight composed of adipose tissue. Obesity is divided into subcategories according to abnormal eating patterns which are binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome. There are not enough studies made on usage of projective test in obesity and night eating syndrome. In regard to this fact, Rorschach Test is applied to four obese adult women and four obese adult women with night eating syndrome to define and understand psychic functioning of obesity and night eating syndrome with a psychoanalytic perspective. In terms of this perspective mentalization processess, maternal and paternal identification, early object relations, affective world, defense mechanisms, libidinal and agressive impulses which support the idea that obese person uses overeating and nighteating to handle the problems and anxiety are evaluated in this study. Rorschach findings of this study show that the characteristics of obese and night eating syndrome patients are using self-soothing skills to reduce anxiety, to reach calmness and it becomes repetetive as psychosomatic patients. Patients with night eating syndrome have more difficulties with sembolization and poor fantasmatic world according to obese patients.