Période périnatale et Rorschach : normes,indicateurs, mentalisation et perspectives théorico-cliniques

ObjectiveThe perinatal period is a maturation phase characterised by the appearance of a radical psychological and identity crisis, little studied by projective methods, in particular the Rorschach inkblot test. The objective of this article is to offer a list of Rorschach norms and indicators adapted to the perinatal population. This is to comprehend the psychological modifications occurring during pregnancy.Materials and methodThe projective Rorschach inkblot test was presented to a representative sample of 54 pregnant primiparous French women. Based on the scoring and analysis methods of the Parisian School, the quantitative norms from the analysis of the psychogram, the chosen cards, and the mentalization indicators were compared to those of the general population.ResultsWith the exception of F +% and H%, all the normative data for the perinatal population are significantly different from those related to the general population (p .005). On a qualitative level, the interpretation of the data highlights the presence of major inhibition mechanisms, associated with a preconscious functioning stasis.ConclusionThe normative data in Rorschach of the perinatal population should be specifically used for the study and psychological support devoted to this population. It also allows a better understanding of the feminine psychologic modifications during pregnancy.     

Harki,entre totem et tabou: Désastres et trouvailles d'une histoire collective refoulée et traumatique

Following a grass-roots study of Harkis in France and Germany, I investigate the fonction of the cultural identity. The fact that offspring of Algerian parents joined the French army during the Algerian war all themselves Harkis enables several generations to identify with the name and all that it represents. Reference to the past generation is a requisite for membership of the Harki community and the latter acts as a regulator of instinctual forces. The presence of Harkis in France is compared to a return of the repressed. Both the individual and society on a whole subconsciously oscillate between brotherly love and murderous sibling impulses. Ethnicity constituted through collective identity works as a defence mechanism, muffhing outright instinctual forces and enabling the development of a social belonging as the individual identity.     

L’évaluation thérapeutique et collaborative : preuves empiriques

This paper covers the empirical research that addressed utility and effectiveness of therapeutic assessment or of its components (i.e., providing individualize feedback to clients). Studies vary in terms of methods and problems addressed but provide the consistent picture of therapeutic assessment as a brief approach which increases process variables related to subsequent treatment and has direct effects of symptoms reduction for a variety of psychological problems. Future directions of studies in this are finally provided.     

Flexibilité cognitive,attention sélective et fluidité verbale sémantique dans trois dimensions de schizophrénie : psychotique,négative et de désorganisation

The aim of this study was to explore specific pattern of cognitive dysfunctions related to three schizophrenic dimensions: disorganisation, negative and psychotic, resulting from principal component analyse applied to PANSS's items. We assessed executive functions/dysfunctions in 42 schizophrenics (APA, 1994). Data suggest that principal component analyse performed on the 30 items of PANSS identify homogenous schizophrenia dimensions. Results show that disorganisation dimension was associated with low performances in selective attention (Stroop test), negative dimension were associated to low performances in cognitive flexibility (Wisconsin Card Sorting test) and in semantic verbal fluency. However, no significant correlation was found between psychotic dimension and cognitive dysfunctions. On the whole, our study contributes to the comprehension of specific patterns of cognitive disorders in the schizophrenic dimensions. Results is detailed and discussed.     

La chaise vide en psychothérapie : origines et développements

Working with the empty chair or the two-chair dialogue techniques is used in experiential techniques. The latter are practiced in various psychotherapy forms. The present article demonstrates the origins of these techniques in the Gestalt and Person-centered models of psychotherapy, as well as presents their current developments in experiential psychotherapy approaches. The techniques presented are classified according to their objectives, namely: clarification and meaning construction, and modification of internal determinants of the presenting problem. The following techniques are briefly presented, illustrated with clinical examples and discussed: treatment of internal conflict split; treatment of self-interruptive process; unfinished business dialogue; self-soothing dialogue; cognitive elements in the one-person role-play; affective elements in the one-person role-play. We discuss the empirical evidence of these techniques, by referring to efficacy and effectiveness studies, as well as process studies, and conclude with a reflection on the differential indication of the techniques, in the context of novel clinical and research perspectives.     

Variables latentes et propriétés mentales : pour une épistémologie affirmée pragmatiste et réaliste

The reliability of models with latent variables is questioned by different authors: what is the ontology of mental properties? How to integrate the complex of mental processes with latent variables? All these debates raise the question of the legitimacy of latent variables as methodological approach comparatively to new approaches such as Network analysis. By clearly posing the ontological nature of mental properties as emergent properties of mental processes, and by clearly posing a theory of pragmatist and realistic knowledge, our work seeks to show that latent variables are efficient approaches for inferring mental properties.     

« Porosité » entre travail et vie privée,conflits et aménagements : une étude comparative de deux populations de femmes

At present, little research has been done regarding the links between work and private life from the standpoint of subjective perceptions. The authors present a qualitative research focused on this issue involving women working in the fields of health and management. The content analysis revealed a double dynamic implying autonomy as well as “permeability” between the two worlds. Three subjective dimensions define this paradoxical movement: “dynamics in social relations”, the “subjective function of the body”, and the “perception of a certain mastery”. Outcomes show how psychological conflict can play an essential role in the personalization process. This was described by participants in terms of satisfaction, yet only under certain conditions.     

Les violences externes au travail : facteurs générateurs,perceptions et réactions des agents

External violences are the violences exerted against an employee on his workplace. The phenomenon constitutes an increasing risk, in particular for the employees in relation with a public. This article presents a research undertaken within a social structure, worked out starting from problems which relate to the identification of external violences, perceptions and reactions located of the agents in daily relation with users; starting from a collection of data resulting from interviews and observations on three sites. The article points the multi-determined character of violences and the strategies put in work by the agents to cope with it. In that, he questions the phenomenon within the organizations of service in link with the complexity of the situations of the users.     

Du stress au burnout scolaire : définitions,déterminants pychosociaux, évaluation et pistes de prévention

The aim of this article is to present an exhaustive review of stress and school burnout literature. The school burnout is a recent notion, stem from the professional burnout. This article proposes to analyze the links between school stress and the development of a school burnout. Then, risk factors predisposing to the stress and to the school burnout are discussed. In a way of preventive practices, we also exposed protective factors for school burnout. This review presents several school burnout assessment tools. Finally, this article discussed about programs of well-being prevention developed in other countries.     

Stéréotypes de poids,jugement de valeur et de recrutabilité : les rôles modérateurs du sexe et de la personnalité

ObjectiveThe existing literature testifies to the presence of discrimination against obese people in hiring. The present study aimed to test the effects of candidates’ weight on value judgment and recruitability by taking into account their gender and personality. The study using the judges’ paradigm involved a sample of 279 recruiters. The recruiters were asked to judge eight fictitious CVs including a photo of the candidate, their education, their work experience and their answers to a personality test (proactive or reactive personality). The target job was a medical laboratory technician.ResultsAnalyses of variance revealed significant effects of applicants’ weight, and proactivity on judgements of agreeableness, effort, competence and recruitability. Indeed, obese people are discriminated against in hiring whereas proactivity would be a variable increasing the recruitability judgment. Moreover, the gender of applicants alone is no longer a variable that encourages discrimination.ConclusionThis study opens up a new field of research on proactivity as a social norm of judgement and corroborates previous studies on weight discrimination in personnel selection. The limitations of the study open up new avenues of research.     

La rétention de sûreté : punir,prévenir et guérir des troubles de la personnalité ?

The law of February 25, 2008 introduced security detention. This is a post-sentence measure intended for offenders who have served their sentence. This may apply to people with personality disorders. Because of these disorders, they are considered too dangerous to be left in society but the importance of the disorders was not sufficient to benefit from the mechanism of criminal irresponsibility. Is the real objective of preventive detention, as indicated in the law, to treat disorders or, more pernicious, to eliminate ex-convicts from society?     

Thérapie cognitive et schémas cognitifs : un aspect du paradoxe

On one hand, schemas responsible for psychopathologies are said to be slowly formed during the childhood which means they become stable, rigid and practically non-modifiable structures. On the other hand, cognitive therapy aims at modifying these schemas, sometimes a few appointments are enough for the shortest techniques. To explain this paradox, we have measured the activity of 13 early maladaptive schemas among 36 patients (20 men and 16 women), suffering from panic disorders with agoraphobia, before and after a 10 weekly session group therapy—the symptoms being totally reduced. We compare these measures with those made on subjects free from any psychiatric disorders. Our results indicate that if therapy modifies symptoms, it has no immediate effect on early maladaptive schemas.     

La notion de rapport au savoir : convergences et débats théoriques

During the last 20 years in France, the notion of relation to knowledge was very successful in the fields of education research and teachers training, and in the social debate about school. This kind of success should not hide or play down the importance of theoretical or social questions and debates this notion gives rise to, specially when some terms (as relation to knowledge or school experience) are used by different researchers or research teams in different theoretical frames and perspectives. This paper aims to clarify these debates and their theoretical, empirical and social stakes.     

Déterminants de la procrastination académique : motivation autodéterminée,estime de soi et degré de maximation

We aimed (1) to examine the link between procrastination and academic success in students from French university, and (2) to explore whether self-determined motivation, self-esteem, and degree of maximization are good predictors of procrastination. Four scales (procrastination, self-determined motivation, self-esteem, and degree of maximization) were given at the beginning of the first semester (T1; n = 952) and at the end of the first semester (T2; n = 691). Results indicated that (1) academic procrastination is negatively correlated to academic success and (2) the three predictors (self-determined motivation, self-esteem, and degree of maximization) explained relatively well procrastination at T1 and T2.