Relationship
between the ego functioning and the phenomenal self: A study on
psychological integration for adjustment
K. Saito |
The
present study was attempted to determine the psychological integration
for adjustment, theoretically and empirically, from the standpoint
of synthesizing the two frames of reference, t11e Ego functioning
and the Phenomenal Self. First, the concepts of Ego functioning,
Phenomenal Self, the relationship between these two frames, and the
Integrative function for adjustment were defined, through the theoretical
study. It was asserted that this Integrative function depending upon
the close relationship between the Ego and the Self, would be indispensable
for adjustment. The three basal requirements for this Integrative
function were considered and the working hypothesis with respect
to the relation between adjustment and the way of satisfying the
requirements for Integration were presented. Secondly, the investigation
was attempted to testify this hypothesis for three groups at different
adjustment levels (normals, neurotics and schizophrenics). The Rorschach
technique as an indirect method to measure the Ego functioning on
the outerly defined hypothetical construct; the Self evaluating method
as a phenomenological approach to the individual's subjective reality,
and the synthesizing method of these two measurements were used for
this purpose. Supporting the hypothesis, each group presented different
characteristic distinguishable from each other in the Integrative
functioning for adjustment.
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