Andò Agata, Girolamo Marzia Di, Pignolo Claudia, Zennaro Alessandro, Giromini Luciano, Minichino Amedeo, Salatino Adriana, Morese Rosalba
Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Res Psychother. 2019 Apr 19;22(1):344. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2019.344.
By using the Rorschach test, self-reports, and psychophysiological measures, we investigated thoroughly the psychological functioning in a hyperhidrotic case. Erica, a young female with hyperhidrosis, was assessed in three times at one-week distance. First, specific tools assessing potential psychological and affective distress, and the Rorschach test were administered. About one week later, Electrodermal Activity was recorded during the exposure to a mild laboratory stress-inducing task. Finally, a magnetic resonance imaging exam was performed in order to exclude medical conditions/neurological alterations for potential physiological anomalies. Erica tends to avoid and prefers to experience close relationships in her where she can rehearse the future and imagine different contexts and social situations without risks and embarrassment. She reports high capacities to perform goaldirected behaviors and clarity of emotions only in absence of stressful situations. The study has the merit to be the first to combine Rorschach data with physiological data in order to investigate the psychological functioning in a hyperhidrotic case.
通过使用罗夏墨迹测验、自我报告和心理生理测量方法，我们对一例多汗症患者的心理功能进行了全面调查。埃丽卡是一名患有多汗症的年轻女性，在一周的间隔内接受了三次评估。首先，使用了评估潜在心理和情感困扰的特定工具，并进行了罗夏墨迹测验。大约一周后，在让她接触一项轻度的实验室压力诱导任务的过程中记录了皮肤电活动。最后，进行了磁共振成像检查，以排除潜在生理异常的医学状况/神经学改变。埃丽卡倾向于回避，并且更喜欢在她能够演练未来、想象不同情境和社交场合而没有风险和尴尬的亲密关系中体验生活。她报告称，只有在没有压力的情况下，她才有较高的能力去执行目标导向行为且情绪清晰。这项研究的优点在于它是首次将罗夏墨迹测验数据与生理数据相结合，以调查一例多汗症患者的心理功能。
