Osobni prostor oboljelih od posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja

doctoral thesis

• Title (english): Personal space of inidividuals with posttraumatic stress disorder
• Author: Anamarija Bogović; MBZ: 340665
• Mentor: Mate Mihanović (mentor)
• Committee member: nije dostupno (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; School of Medicine; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2013-06-13, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE; Clinical Medical Sciences
• Universal decimal classification (UDC): 61 - Medical sciences

Abstract

Cilj je istraživanja bio odrediti veličinu osobnog prostora oboljelih od posttraumatskog stresnog poremećaja (PTSP) uzrokovanog ratom, utvrditi razlikuje li se od osobnog prostora osoba bez psihičkih poremećaja, kao i utvrditi utjecaj spola i četiri smjera iz kojih se prilazi. Također se ispitalo postoji li povezanost intenziteta PTSP-a i veličine osobnog prostora. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo ukupno 168 ispitanika muškog spola, 83 su bili ratni veterani s dijagnozom kroničnog PTSP-a, a usporednu skupinu činilo je 85 osoba muškog spola bez psihičkih poremećaja. Za procjenu osobnog prostora primijenjena je tehnika zaustavljanja, pri čemu su ispitanicima prilazile njima nepoznate osobe muškog i ženskog spola iz četiri smjera (naprijed, nazad, lijevo i desno). Rezultati su pokazali da je osobni prostor ratnih veterana s dijagnozom kroničnog PTSP-a, statistički značajno veći od osobnog prostora ispitanika muškog spola bez psihičkih poremećaja. Preferirane interpersonalne udaljenosti ispitanika obje skupine bile su značajno manje kada prilazi osoba ženskog spola u odnosu na osobu muškog spola. Oboljeli ratni veterani preferirali su najveće interpersonalne udaljenosti kada im se prilazilo straga, dok su ispitanici usporedne skupine preferirali najveće interpersonalne udaljenosti kada im se prilazilo sprijeda. Intenzitet simptoma PTSP-a nije bio povezan s veličinom osobnog prostora.

Abstract (english)

The aim of this study was to determine the personal space size of individuals with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to determine whether it differs from the personal space of individuals whitout psychiatric disorders, as well as to examine the effect of approaching person's gender and approaching direction. Correlations between intensity of PTSD symptoms and personal space size were also examined.
Study participants were 168 male individuals, 83 of whom were war veterans with chronic PTSD and 85 were individuals without psychiatric disorders (control group).
Personal space was assessed by using a stop-distance technique, where male and female research assistants approached the participants from four directions (front, behind, right, left). Approaching persons were unknown to the participants. Results revealed significantly larger personal space size of individuals with chronic PTSD than of individuals without psychiatric disorders.
Participants in both groups maintained smaller interpersonal distances when approached by a woman than by a man. The war veterans with PTSD preferred the greatest interpersonal distance when approached from behind, whereas the control group preferred the greatest distance when approached frontally. The correlations between intensity of PTSD symptoms and personal space size were not significant.

• Keywords: medicina
• Keywords (english): medicine
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:105:271169
• Study programme: Title: Biomedicine and Health Sciences; Study programme type: university; Study level: postgraduate; Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje biomedicine i zdravstva (doktor/doktorica znanosti, područje biomedicine i zdravstva)
• Type of resource: Text
• Extent: 125 str.
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-05-05 07:10:07