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dc.contributor.authorOpaas, Marianneen_US
dc.contributor.authorHartmann, Ellen Johanneen_US
dc.contributor.authorWentzel-Larsen, Toreen_US
dc.contributor.authorVarvin, Sverreen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-22T09:12:19Z
dc.date.available2016-03-22T09:12:19Z
dc.date.issued2015-11-09en_US
dc.identifier.citationOpaas, M., Hartmann, E., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Varvin, S. (2015). Relationship of Pretreatment Rorschach Factors to Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Real-Life Functioning in a 3-Year Follow-Up of Traumatized Refugee Patients. Journal of personality assessment, 1-14.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-3891en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 1290396en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/3187
dc.description.abstractResponse to mental health treatment varies highly among refugee patients. Research has not established which factors relate to differences in outcome. This study is a follow-up of Opaas and Hartmann ’ s (2013) Rorschach Inkblot Method (RIM; Exner, 2003) pretreatment study of traumatized refugees, where 2 RIM principal components, Trauma Response and Reality Testing, were found descriptive of participants ’ trauma-related personality functioning. This study ’ s aims were to examine relationships of the RIM components with measures of anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, quality of life (QOL), employment, and exile language skills throughout 3 years. We found that impaired Reality Testing was related to more mental health symptoms and poorer QOL; furthermore, individuals with adequate Reality Testing improved in posttraumatic stress symptoms the fi rst year and retained their improvement. Individuals with impaired Reality Testing deteriorated the fi rst year and improved only slightly the next 2 years. The results of this study imply that traumatized refugee patients with impaired Reality Testing might need speci fi c treatment approaches. Research follow-up periods should be long enough to detect changes. The reality testing impairment revealed by the RIM, mainly perceptual in quality, might not be easily detected by diagnostic interviews and self-report.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)en_US
dc.subjecttraumatized refugee patientsen_US
dc.subjectimpaired Reality Testingen_US
dc.subjectmental health treatmenten_US
dc.subjectTaumatic experiencesen_US
dc.subjectRorschachen_US
dc.titleRelationship of Pretreatment Rorschach Factors to Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Real-Life Functioning in a 3-Year Follow-Up of Traumatized Refugee Patients.en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionThis is an Open Access article. Noncommercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way, is permitted. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1089247


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