Biomedical subjects

I N Ozbek

Publications and source records attributed to I N Ozbek.

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PubMed1995

Recognition of depression.

Depression in the terminally ill has never been examined systematically. Frequently depression has been perceived as an inevitable part of illness. The purpose of the present study was to develop an instrument (the Mood Evaluation Questionnaire) to measure depression among terminally ill patients. The MEQ and the Geriatric Depression Scale were completed by 27 hospice patients. A Modified Karnofsky score and index of somatic complaints were obtained. There was no correlation among the Modified Karnofsky, the number of somatic complaints, and the level of depression. However the MEQ and GDS were highly correlated (p < .01). For several reasons, the MEQ appears to be an effective instrument to explore the incidence of depression in the terminally ill.

Adult↗

PubMed1992

Narcissism and object relations.

Questionnaire measures of the narcissistic personality disorder can predict healthy and unhealthy self-functioning. That this outcome might support Heinz Kohut's psychoanalytic psychology of the self was tested in a sample of 354 undergraduates. In canonical correlations, factors from the Narcissistic Personality Inventory were associated more strongly with grandiose than with idealizing immaturities in Kohut's bipolar self, while difficulties in interpersonal relationships (i.e., poor object relations) were associated more strongly with idealizing deficits. Zero-order and partial correlational data were congruent with Kohut's hypothesis that self-grandiosity can include elements of both "pathology" and relative mental health, but canonical correlations did not support Kohut's claim that narcissism can be described in a bidimensional self-structure.

Adolescent↗