Biomedical subjects

L Slap-Shelton

Publications and source records attributed to L Slap-Shelton.

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PubMed1994

The schema model: a proposed replacement paradigm for psychoanalysis.

According to this model, the dynamic unconscious is a nonaccommodating schema consisting of the unmastered painful residues of childhood and subsequent experience assimilated to it. The assimilation of persons from current life into the roles originally created by important childhood figures accounts for repetition phenomena and transference. Advantages over the structural model include internal consistency, absence of highly abstract concepts, and the clear place given unconscious fantasy. The role of perception, badly handled by the structural model, is made clear. An illustrative case is described and the compatibility of the model with neuroscience and psychodynamic research findings is explored.

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PubMed1992

Developmental quality and developmental level in Rorschach scoring: a question of shared meaning.

Modification of Friedman's developmental level scoring (DL) for Rorschach area components by Exner within the Comprehensive System to derive a new code, Developmental Quality (DQ), raises the question of whether the two have the same meaning. Recent research indicated significant differences. Here Rorschach area components for 20 men addicted to alcohol gave an r of .32 which suggests the shared meaning between these methods is too low to support identical inferences.

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Developmental level as a predictor of alcoholism treatment response: an attempted replication.

Over 12 years ago, a developmental level (DL) cognitive measure derived from the Rorschach was found to be a powerful predictor of alcohol-related outcomes following behaviorally oriented inpatient alcoholism treatment. These findings represent the strongest evidence of a relationship between cognitive functioning and treatment response. The current pilot study attempted to determine whether the large effects previously obtained with the DL measure could be replicated. The Rorschach was administered during the first week of treatment to 20 male alcoholic patients attending 1-month day hospital rehabilitation program. The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) was administered upon entry into treatment and a follow-up ASI was also administered 7 months after treatment entry. A higher DL was found to be significantly related to less recent drinking and intoxication at baseline as well as to lower alcohol-related problem levels in general. However, all of the relationships between DL and alcohol-related behaviors at follow-up were found to be either small or in a direction opposite to that hypothesized. Some of the reasons for the discrepancy between the findings of the current study and the earlier study are discussed.

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