CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF CLINICAL POPULATION: QUALITY OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND ATTACHMENT

  • Nikolina Kuruzovic Fakultet za sport i psihologiju, Novi Sad
  • Sanja Batić Očovaj Fakultet za pravne i poslovne studije “dr Lazar Vrkatić”, Novi Sad
  • Danijela Radošević Dom zdravlja „Novi Sad“
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/timsact16-36514
Keywords: mental disorders, psychopathological symptoms, close relationships, attachment

Abstract


The objective was to examine relations between social functioning and mental health. The research examined the quality of close relationships and attachment on the clinical population. The study involved 57 subjects, of both sexes, aged 17 to 68 years. The following instruments were used: for the quality of social functioning we used the Inventory of the Social Relations Network (NRI), for attachment we used the Relationships Questionnaire (RQ) for assessing the severity of psychopathological symptoms: the Beck Depression Inventory, Cornell index and MMPI-202. The obtained results showed that subjects of different categories of mental disorders do not differ significantly according to general estimates of quality of close relationships. However, when considering the dimensions of psychopathological symptoms, we noticed statistically significant differences in the quality of close relationships. The research also shows that subjects with different attachment style significantly differ in the quality of close relationships. Given the fact that more pronounced psychopathological problems are associated with lower quality of close relationships, the results of the research are discussed in the direction of concluding that mental difficulties are adversely reflected in the domain of social functioning of individuals.

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Published
2023/01/29
Issue
Vol. 16 No. 1 (2022): Tims.Acta
Section
Original Scientific Paper
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