Defense Mechanisms and Borderline Personality Organization Among COVID-19 Believers and Non-believers During Complete Lock-Down.
COVID-19 belief
borderline personality organization
denial
dissociation
splitting
Journal
Frontiers in psychiatry
ISSN: 1664-0640
Titre abrégé: Front Psychiatry
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101545006
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
26
04
2021
accepted:
26
07
2021
entrez:
10
9
2021
pubmed:
11
9
2021
medline:
11
9
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a specific social perception of the pandemic-believing or not in COVID-19-predicts borderline personality organizations and whether this relationship is mediated by more primitive maladaptive mechanisms-splitting, denial, and dissociation. The online study included 720 organization aged 25-45. Participants were diverse in terms of place of residence, being in a relationship, and education level. Approximately 30% of the general population reported not believing in the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-believers scored slightly higher on borderline symptoms and used more maladaptive defense mechanisms than believers. Individuals who deny COVID-19 are more likely to show characteristics of borderline personality organization. Splitting is an important mechanism in this relationship.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34504444
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.700774
pmc: PMC8421642
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
700774Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Zajenkowska, Nowakowska, Bodecka-Zych, Rajchert, Kaźmierczak, Jakubowska and Pinkham.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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