Object relations, internal resources, and hiv/aids risk: A rorschach study
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Title
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Object relations, internal resources, and hiv/aids risk: A rorschach study
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:5fcce9902931:12037
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identifier
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12735
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Creator
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Andersen, Virginia,
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Contributor
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Arietta Slade
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Clinical psychology
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Abstract
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the quality of Rorschach scores of a population who self-reported sexual risk-taking behaviors that place them at increased risk for contracting HIV. It was hypothesized that this group would produce scores indicative of fewer internal resources available for impulse inhibition, specifically capacity for affect regulation and stress tolerance. It was further predicted that a measure of object relations would indicate that study participants would generally experience interpersonal interactions as imbalanced and possibly threatening. This group produced significantly lower scores with regard to affect regulation, but did not differ from the normed, non-clinical sample with regard to stress tolerance. Further, study participants produced scores in the healthy range on the measure of object relational development. The potential theoretical and clinical implications of this finding are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
