Vashchenko Y. Psychological factors of psychosomatic disorders (on the sample of peptic ulcer)

Dissertation is devoted to determination of psychological peculiarities which stipulate the psychosomatic way of personality's reaction in a stressful situation. General and specific psychological factors are singled out. The first one are connected with a weakened feeling of ego-identity, disordered integration mechanisms. The last one are determined by intrapsychic conflicts. The shortage of ego-identity hinders the processes of recognition and expression of emotions, reduces an ability to psychological stress processing, ability of intensive negative excitement control. It is shown that the structure of a personality suffering from ulcer expresses the intrapsychic conflict, which is related to a frustrated need in dependence.