Il s'agit d'une hypothèse largement répandue que l’égo-dystonie et l’égo-syntonie caractérisent les obsessions dans les troubles des conduites alimentaires (TCA) et que ces facteurs sont cliniquement pertinents pour la conceptualisation et le traitement des TCA. Cependant, les résultats empiriques sur ce sujet sont rares. Compte tenu du chevauchement reconnu entre les TCA, notamment l'anorexie et la boulimie (BN), et le trouble obsessionnel-compulsif (TOC) dans la phénoménologie et les caractéristiques psychologiques, un programme de thérapie cognitive basée sur les inférences (TBI) de 24 semaines, démontré efficace dans le traitement des TOC, a été adapté pour traiter les TCA. La recherche sur le TOC suggère que la transformation des pensées intrusives en obsessions est liée à la mesure dans laquelle les pensées intrusives menacent des perceptions fondamentales du soi et de l’identité. Cette thèse a pour objectif d'examiner le lien entre l’égo-dystonie et les TCA. Pour se faire, nous avons exploré le lien entre la nature égo-dystone des obsessions chez les patients souffrant d'un TCA et la peur de l'image de soi. Nous avons également étudié la relation entre la sévérité des symptômes TCA et l’égo-dystonie dans les obsessions. En outre, nous avons investigué les différences dans la présence de pensées égo-dystones et de peur face à son identité entre des sujets non-cliniques et des personnes atteintes d’un TCA. Enfin, nous avons comparé le degré d’égo-dystonie dans les pensées de personnes atteintes d’un TCA à celui dans les pensées d’individus souffrant d’un TOC. L’égo-dystonie dans les pensées a été mesurée par l'Ego Dystonicity Questionnaire (EDQ) et le degré de peur face à l’identité a été mesuré par le Fear of Self Questionnaire (FSQ) d’une part dans un échantillon de femmes souffrant d’un TCA (n = 57) et d’autre part dans un échantillon de participantes non-cliniques (n = 45). Les résultats révèlent que l’égo-dystonie et la peur face à l’identité étaient fortement corrélées à la fois dans l’échantillon clinique et non-clinique. Les scores de l’EDQ n’étaient pas significativement corrélés à la sévérité des symptômes TCA à l'exception de la sous-échelle d’irrationalité de l’EDQ qui était fortement associée à la sévérité des comportements compulsifs compensatoires. Les participantes souffrant d'un TCA avaient des scores significativement plus élevés à l’EDQ et au FSQ que les sujets non-cliniques. Ensuite, une étude de cas décrit l’application du programme de thérapie cognitive TBI pour une femme de 35 ans avec un diagnostic de BN. La pathologie TCA s’est significativement améliorée au cours de la TBI et six mois suivant la thérapie. Cette étude de cas met en évidence l'importance de cibler les idées surévaluées, les doutes et le raisonnement face au soi et à l’identité dans le traitement psychologique pour les TCA. Enfin, l’objectif final de cette thèse était d’examiner les changements au niveau (1) des symptômes TCA, (2) du degré d’égo-syntonie dans les obsessions, et (3) des mesures de peur face à l’identité, de motivation, d’humeur et d’anxiété au cours de la TBI et au suivi post six mois. L’égo-dystonie, la peur face à l’identité, les symptômes TCA et le stade motivationnel ont été mesurés chez 15 femmes souffrant de BN au cours du traitement et six mois après la TBI. Quatre vingt pourcent de l’échantillon, soit 12 des 15 participantes, ont démontré une diminution cliniquement significative des symptômes TCA et 53% ont cessé leurs comportements compensatoires au suivi post six mois. Les retombées cliniques relatives au traitement des TCA sont discutées. / There is a widely held assumption that both ego-dystonicity and ego-syntonicity characterize obsessions in eating disorders (EDs), and these factors are clinically relevant to the conceptualization and treatment of EDs; however, empirical findings on this subject are scarce. Given the recognized overlap between EDs, particularly anorexia and bulimia nervosa (BN), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in phenomenology and psychological characteristics, a 24-week cognitive inference-based therapy (IBT) program shown to be effective in treating OCD was adapted to treat EDs. OCD research has suggested that the transformation of intrusive thoughts into obsessions is linked to the degree to which intrusive thoughts threaten core perceptions of the self. The present thesis aims to examine the relationship between ego-dystonicity and EDs. To do so, we explored the link between the ego-dystonic nature of obsessions in patients suffering from an ED and fear of self concept. We also investigated the relationship between ED symptom severity and ego-dystonicity in obsessions. Moreover, we studied differences between non-clinical and eating-disordered individuals in the presence of ego-dystonic thoughts and extent of fear of self. Finally, we compared the degree of ego-dystonicity in individuals with EDs’ thoughts to those suffering from OCD. Ego-dystonicity in thoughts was measured by the Ego Dystonicity Questionnaire (EDQ) and degree of feared self was measured by the Fear of Self Questionnaire (FSQ) in both a clinical sample (n = 57 women with EDs) and a non-clinical female sample (n = 45). Ego-dystonicity and fear of self were highly correlated in both clinical and non-clinical samples. EDQ scores were not significantly correlated to overall ED symptom severity with the exception of the EDQ Irrationality subscale, which was related strongly to ED compulsion (ritual) severity. Participants suffering from an ED had significantly higher EDQ scores and FSQ scores compared to controls. Next, a case study describes the application of IBT treatment for a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with BN. ED pathology significantly decreased from pre-IBT to six-month follow-up. This case study highlights the importance of addressing overvalued ideas, fear of self and self-doubt in psychological treatment for EDs via a focus on self-cognitions and reasoning about self. Furthermore, the final objective of this thesis was to examine the change in (1) ED symptom severity, (2) the degree of ego-dystonicity in obsessions, and (3) fear of self, motivational, mood and anxiety measures from pre-IBT to six-month follow-up. Ego-dystonicity, fear of self, ED symptoms and motivational stage were assessed in 15 women with BN over the course of IBT and at follow-up. Eighty percent of the sample demonstrated a clinically significant reduction in ED symptoms and 53% ceased their compensatory behaviors at six-month follow-up. Clinical implications relevant to the treatment of EDs are discussed.

Achievement Goal Theory (AGT) utgår ifrån att alla individer vill visa sin kompetens vilket tar sig uttryck i två målinriktningar; ego och task. Individen påverkas av omgivningen som driver ett motivationsklimat som kan uttryckas i samma typer av målinriktning. Motivationsklimatet och målinriktningarna anses påverka hur individen agerar och hanterar t.ex. ängslan/oro och prestation. Denna studie behandlar samband mellan individuella målinriktningar, upplevt motivationsklimat drivet av tränare, träningskamrater och föräldrar, tävlingsrelaterad ängslan/oro och upplevd prestation. Undersökningsdeltagare var femtonåriga svenska ungdomar som tävlade i alpin utförsåkning (N=56). Multipel regressionsanalys användes för att analysera samband och signifikanta förklaringsvarianser. Störst bidrag från omgivningen på tävlingsrelaterad ängslan/oro verkade mammor ha (negativt bidrag). Kamrater var viktigare för individen än övrigt socialt stöd. Den alpina gruppen var mer ego-orienterad jämfört med resultat i studier med andra ungdomar i samma ålder och uppvisade en individuell målorientering som snarare motsvarade äldre elitidrottares, samtidigt som den relativt sett skattade ett lägre taskinriktat motivationsklimat

This explorative case study was undertaken to uncover how transformative self-discoveries were facilitated through Gestalt playtherapy, enabling agency of a single pre-school participant. Data were captured around the participant's baseline agentic status; emerging agency, facilitated trough the intervention and post-intervention agentic status. A content analysis aided thematic coding. Theme 1 identified inherent agency trends and the agency blocks "what is that". Theme 2 dealt with patterns of active resistance "I don't want to feel / I don't want to know". Theme 3 captured enhanced agentic behaviour "I can and I understand". Through the intervention the participant's entrapped agency was unleashed, leading to an awareness of her `being', enabling her `doing' and thereby allowing her to `become'. Enabled agency increased the participant's active involvement in her life and her engagement in developmental tasks was increased. Implications of the findings support further investigation and application of this intervention. / Educational Studies / M. Diac (Play Therapy)

Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / Hierdie navorsing het die verband tussen vroee adolessenterugbyspelers se doelorientering en selfkonsep, empiries en in die literatuur, ondersoek. Die literatuurondersoek het getoon dat doelorientering oar twee komponente beskik, naamlik taakbetrokkenheid en egobetrokkenheid. Taakbetrokke sportdeelnemers fokus op vaardigheidsontwikkeling en gebruik hulle eie prestasies as maatstaf vir sukses. Hulle beleef sukses wanneer 'n taak bemeester is, leer plaasvind, of daar 'n verbetering in die uitvoering van die taak is. Sukses word toegeskryf aan die mate van inspanning gelewer. Egobetrokke sportdeelnemers fokus op die wenmotief, gebruik normatiewe vergelyking as maatstaf vir prestasie, en beleef sukses wanneer hulle eie prestasies gunstig met die van ander kan vergelyk. Sukses word aan aangebore talent toegeskryf. Die empiriese ondersoek het bevind dat taakbetrokkenheid positief verband hou met die globale, persoonlike, en sosiale self. Egobetrokkenheid hou negatief verband met die fisieke self, en positief verband met kompetisie-angs. / The research investigated, in the literature and empirically, the possible relation between the goal orientation of male adolescent rugby players and their self-concept. The literature study indicated that goal orientation has two components, namely task involvement and ego involvement. In task-involved sport participation, skills development is emphasized, evaluation of achievement is self-referenced, and success experienced when learning takes place, a task is mastered, or when there is improvement in the execution of tasks. Success is attributed to effort. In ego-involved sport participation objective outcomes are emphasized (i.e. winning), evaluation of achievement is norm-based, and success experienced when own achievements are favourably compared to those of other sport participants. Success is attributed to natural ability. The empirical study indicated a positive relation between task-involved sport participation and the global, personal, and social self. A negative relation between ego-involved sport participation and the physical self, and a positive relation between ego involvement and competition-anxiety was found. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Spesialisering in Voorligting)

In today’s sport careers there is no room for error. This is why athletes should be “on top of their game” every time they compete. It is very important for athletes to keep their emotions under control, because emotions can sometimes determine success or failure. But more important is how the athlete reacts to success and failure. Therefore, in this study the aim was to establish an athlete’s reaction to success and failure. An athlete should have the ability or strategy to handle success and failure. According to this statement, it underlines the importance of the current study. The fact that there are limited resources in this field accentuates the need for this study. Each athlete experiences and reacts to success or failure differently. An athlete can use success or failure as a facilitator or as a debilitator. If an athlete sees success or failure as a facilitator, he or she will use success or failure as a method to enhance his or her performance. But if an athlete sees success and failure as a debilitator, it means that the athlete does not have the ability or skills to use success or failure to his or her advantage. It seems that elite athletes may have the skills or ability to use success and failure as a facilitator and not as a debilitator owing to the fact that in the elite arena there is no place for errors. In this study, the researcher examines how elite and beginner athlete’s handle success and failure and what their reaction is towards success and failure. Each athlete has a unique way to develop his or her talents. Athletes who believe that they are born with limited talent or ability and cannot improve this talent by more practice or more effort can be classified as having a static mindset. When athletes believe that they can improve their talent or ability, they could be seen as athletes with a growth mindset. This study made use of a combination of convenient and random sampling. Each athlete had to comply with the criterium to be part of the study. The criterium stipulated that each athlete should be an active participant in sport either at school-, provincial-, national- or international level. To determine what goal orientation each athlete had, they were asked to fill out the task- and ego orientation in sport questionnaire. To determine what their reactions to success and failure were, athletes completed an assessment of success and failure questionnaire that was self-developed by the present researcher Roelie Potgieter and his study leader professor Ben Steyn. The self-theory questionnaire that was completed by the athletes determined whether an athlete was in the fixed or growth mindset. Using the results determined through the questionnaires that were completed by the athletes, correlations could be made to motivate the study. Task orientation and the growth mindset is more predominant than ego orientation and the fixed mindset. Athletes in general react more constructively towards success and failure. A strong correlation was found between task orientation and positive reaction to success and failure. Partial correlation between ego orientation and positive reaction to success was found. Positive relations were discovered between task orientation and the growth mindset, as well as ego orientation and the fixed mindset. AFRIKAANS : In vandag se sportloopbane is daar geen ruimte vir foute nie. Vir hierdie rede moet ‘n atleet ten alle tye op sy of haar beste wees. Dit is baie belangrik vir ‘n atleet om sy emosies in toom te hou, want somtyds kan die atleet se emosies bepaal of hy of sy sukses of mislukking gaan ervaar. Daarom is die doel van die studie om die reaksie van atlete op sukses en mislukking te bepaal. Die feit dat daar ‘n beperkte hoeveelheid navorsing oor die tema van die studie is beklemtoon weereens die belangrikheid van die studie. Elke atleet ervaar en reageer verskillend op sukses en mislukking. ‘n Atleet kan sukses of mislukking gebruik as ‘n fasiliteerder of as ‘n debiliteerder. As ‘n atleet sukses of mislukking sien as ‘n fasiliteerder, sal die atleet sukses of mislukking gebruik as ‘n metode om sy of haar prestasie/s te verbeter. Indien ‘n atleet sukses en mislukking sien as ‘n debiliteerder, beteken dit dat die atleet nie die vermoë of vaardighede het om sukses of mislukking te gebruik tot sy of haar voordeel nie. Dit wil voorkom dat elite atlete die vermoë of vaardighede het om sukses en mislukking te gebruik tot hulle voordeel, as gevolg van die feit dat daar geen plek vir foute tydens die kompetisie is nie. In die studie probeer die navorser bepaal hoe elite- en beginner atlete sukses en mislukking hanteer en wat hulle reaksie op sukses en mislukking is. Elke atleet het ‘n unieke manier om sy of haar talente te ontwikkel. Atlete wat glo dat hulle gebore is met ‘n talent of vermoë en kan nie die talent verbeter met oefening of ‘n groter poging kan geklassifiseer word as statiese instelling. Indien die atleet glo dat hulle, hulle talent kan verbeter, kan dit gesien word as ‘n groeiende instelling. Hierdie studie maak van die gemaklike sowel as die ewekamsige steekproefmetode gebruik. Elke deelnemer moes voldoen aan sekere kriterium om deel te wees van die studie. Die studie se kriteria het beklemtoon dat elke atleet aktief betrokke in ‘n sekere sportsoort moet wees, mag dit wees op skool-, provinsiale-, nasionale- of internasionale vlak. Om te bepaal watter tipe doeloriëntering elke atleet is was hulle gevra om die taak en ego oriëntasie vraelys in te vul. Deur die verwysing kan bepaal word wat hulle reaksie is tot sukses en mislukking, was daar van die atlete verwag om die vrae oor sukses en mislukking te voltooi. Die selfteorie vraelys wat deur die atlete voltooi is, het bepaal of die atlleet ‘n statiese of groeinde instelling het. Deur gebruik te maak van die resultate van die vraelyste wat voltooi is deur die atlete kon daar korrelasies gemaak word. Taakoriëntasie en die groeiende instelling is meer dominant as die ego oriëntasie en die statiese instelling. Atlete in die algemeen reageer meer konstruktief teenoor sukses en mislukking. ‘n Sterk korrelasie was gevind deur taakoriëntasie en positiewe reaksie tot sukses en mislukking. Gedeeltelike korrelasie kon gemaak word tussen ego oriëntasie en positiewe reaksie tot sukses. ‘n Positiewe korrelasie kon gemaak word tussen taakoriëntasie en groeiende instelling, asook ego oriëntasie en statiese instelling. / Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Biokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciences / unrestricted

A comprehensive monograph covering the life and life's work of architect Josef Mocker (22 November 1835 - 16 January 1899) has not yet been published, however, there are a number of partial works by individual historians, especially art historians, which explore Mocker's work in depth. In addition to numerous designs, building projects, and applied liturgical art, Mocker's life's work was primarily the completion of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert at Prague Castle in 1872-1899. And while there is a fairly widespread awareness of Mocker's extensive work, sadly, only little is known about his personal life. This thesis thus aims to make available a part of the surviving correspondence from the period 1871-1882 in the form of an edition of sources, allowing a glimpse into the life and thoughts of the architect Josef Mocker in his own words. Given the private nature of the letters, the paper departs from a purely artistic appreciation of the architect's work and views Josef Mocker more as a historical figure. The emphasis is placed on understanding the environment that surrounded him in a cultural and historical context in the period before starting a family. The thesis thus focuses more on understanding the environment from which Josef Mocker emerged and which...

[pt] A tese Ego-histórias: repertórios teóricos alternativos, dedicada à investigação de novos discursos autobiográficos situados nos limiares entre historiografia, biografia e ficção, tem por objetivo a construção de ferramentas teóricas a partir da análise crítica de quadros conceituais vigentes. Na ótica de novas questões, são tematizadas e reavaliadas, de um lado, posições tradicionais ancoradas na unidade do sujeito, na autenticidade de sua fala e na ilusão referencial, legitimadas pela oposição dicotômica de pares conceituais, como real/ficcional, autenticidade/encenação, sujeito/objeto. Por outro lado, são oferecidos modelos analíticos e estratégias descritivas que permitem entender a escrita autobiográfica atual como gênero híbrido, de configuração plural, que desafia pactos autobiográficos fundados sobre a identidade entre as instâncias autoral, narrativa e ficcional. Os próprios processos autorreflexivos subjacentes à escrita de si são problematizados à luz de novas convicções epistemológicas construtivistas (S. SCHMIDT; H. MATURANA) e de molduras sistêmicas entendidas como catalisadores de complexidade. No horizonte dessas concepções, são discutidas, entre outras, formas de autoanálise (P. BOURDIEU) e projetos autobiográficos (E. SAID) convergindo ambos na produção de ego-histórias responsáveis pela transformação de teorias em narrativa e permitindo aos teóricos a fusão entre observador e objeto observado, baseada no conceito de observação de segunda ordem. Desse modo, são ensaiados novos vínculos entre suas ideias particulares e a inserção delas no contexto contemporâneo que escapam a relações tradicionais de causalidade e acentuam a responsabilidade dos próprios produtores. Em perspectiva paralela, é analisada a relação entre corpo e escrita e entre emoção e experiência, vigorosamente presentes e ressonantes como propostas conceituais que não perdem sua força interpelativa pela transformação em meras abstrações filosóficas, mas exibem seu poder pela opção construtora de uma vida no mundo. Em seu conjunto, a tese representa uma contribuição inovadora para a construção de repertórios teóricos alternativos que permitem elaborar um saber adequado às novas configurações de escritos autobiográficos. / [en] The thesis Ego-histories: theoretical alternatives repertoires, dedicated to research into new autobiographical discourses situated in the thresholds between historiography, biography and fiction, aims to build theoretical tools from the review of existing conceptual frameworks. In the analysis of new issues, are highlighted and reevaluated, on the one hand, traditional positions anchored in the unity of the subject, the authenticity of its discourse and referential illusion, legitimized by the dichotomous opposition of conceptual pairs such as real/fictional, authenticity/staging, subject/object. On the other hand, are offered analytical models and descriptive strategies that allow to understand the current autobiographical writing as a hybrid genre, with plural configurations that challenge the autobiographical pact based on the identity between instances of authorship, narrative and the fictional. The very processes underlying the self-reflexive writing itself, are analyzed in the light of new constructivist epistemological convictions (S. SCHMIDT; H. MATURANA) and systemic frames understood as a catalyst of complexity. In the perspective of these concepts are discussed, among others, forms of self-analysis (P. BOURDIEU) and autobiographical projects (E. SAID) converging both in the production of ego-histories responsible for transforming theories in narratives and thus allowing the theoretical melting between observer and observed object, based on the concept of second-order observation. Thus, are tested new links between their particular ideas and insertion them in the contemporary context that escape of traditional relations of causality and emphasize the responsibility of their producers. In a parallel perspective, is analyzed the relation between body and writing and between emotion and experience, vigorously present and resonant as conceptual proposals that do not lose its strength of interpellation by transforming them into mere philosophical abstractions, but they exhibit their power by the option of building a life in the world. Overall, the thesis represents an innovative contribution to the construction of alternative theoretical repertoires that allow to draw up a knowledge appropriate to produce a new settings of autobiographical writings.

In a study of psychological well-being, the researcher attempted to address the challenge of preventing mental illness and promoting mental health using an educational psychological perspective based on Unisa's Relations Theory. According to Relations Theory, humans are understood by the relationships they form. The intra-psychic interaction of the components of the intra-psychic structure (I/ego, self, identity and self-concept) is responsible for people's behaviour, with the essences (attachment of meaning, involvement, experience and self-actualising) and the prerequisites (the forming of relations , the life-world and climate) forming the basis of the structure. The researcher developed and administered a questionnaire on psychological well-being and conducted interviews, and on the basis of the findings reports that psychological well-being from an educational psychological perspective consists of a healthy and positive ego and self, clearly defined identities, positive thoughts and feelings, involvement in the life world, a positive and realistic self-concept and constructive self-talk, and self-realisation. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

Dissociation is commonly associated with sexual crimes or other forms of trauma where a person experienced a threat to the existence or survival of the self. During dissociation the ego may split in such a way that ego-states (subselves or segments of the greater personality) form to encapsulate feelings of guilt, pain, fear, and anger. If dissociation is severe, sufferers will have no conscious recollection of the sexual trauma as it is deeply repressed in the subconscious. This may result in symptoms/pathology later in life. Research indicated that hypnosis (due to its dissociative nature) is favourable as treatment modality for pathology/symptomatology associated with trauma and dissociation. This research study investigates the development of ego-states during experiences of sexual trauma and hypnosis (especially Medical Hypno-analysis and Ego-State Therapy) as effective treatment modality within the field of psycho-education. It proposes a hypnotherapy model where the diagnostic tools as indicated by the Medical Hypno-analysis model, are being used to determine the existence of repressed memories related to sexual trauma. The therapeutic processes as indicated by the Ego-State Therapy model, are being used to resolve and work through the core repressed traumatic experiences through the mobilization of associated and related ego-states. This study presents four case studies and discusses their clinical diagnostic procedures and therapeutic processes. The case studies illustrate that certain symptomatology/pathology experienced later in life may be the result of repressed memories and the formation of maladapted ego-states earlier in life when sexual trauma was experienced. Highly charged emotional and negative beliefs were set in the ego-states and could only be disarmed from their destructive content through regressions and hypnotherapy. A detailed discussion of the proposed hypnotherapy model and its application and concerns regarding its application within the field of psycho-education are also presented. The results of this study indicate that the proposed hypnotherapy model (the combination of Medical Hypno-analysis and Ego-State Therapy) can be used effectively and successfully when working with survivors and symptomatology/pathology associated with sexual crimes. / Educational Studies / D. Ed.

本研究的目的是想了解非在學的肢體殘障者（以下簡稱肢殘者）之身體心像、自我概 念、歸因組型及生活適應的情形，並探討影響生活適應的因素。研究工具為研究者自 編之「身體心像量表」、「自我概念量表」、「生活適應量表」，以及擷自洪光遠、 楊國樞的一般成敗事件的「歸因量表」，經預試分析後刪題所得之各量表的內部一致 性頗高。 正式施測時實得349 份有效樣本，研究工具是上述預試分析後刪題所得之量表，使用 的統計分析方法包括次數分配、皮爾森相關分析、多元逐步迴歸分析，以及二因子變 異數分析。研究結果發現：肢殘者之身體心像、自我概念及生活適應間彼此的相關值 達顯著水準，顯示身體心像較好的肢殘者，其自我概念、生活適應也較佳，有工作或 收入的肢殘者，其身體心像、自我概念及生活適應較好，但歸因組型則無一致性差異 ；自我概念與身體心像對生活適應的解釋變異量共達61％，但八種歸因組型對生活適 應並無預測力；女性肢殘者對成敗事件較持自責、宿命的觀點；以高、低身體心像及 2×2變異數分結果顯示，身體心像與自我概念間並無交互作用存在。 研究者建議肢殘者應接受肢殘的事實，建立清晰及良好的自我概念，並多方充實工作 相關的知識及技能，對於成敗事件不再僅是做自責、命運的歸因，而社會上應儘量提 供無障礙環境，並一視同仁地對待肢殘者。