Representações parentais e traços disfuncionais de personalidade: Um estudo com uma amostra de estudantes universitários

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi estudar a relação entre representações parentais e traços disfuncionais de personalidade em sujeitos adultos da população não-clínica. Participaram 177 estudantes universitários, dos quais 104 eram mulheres e 73 eram homens, com idades entre os 18 e os 43 anos (M=22,66; DP=4,054). Foi aplicado o Millon Clínical Multiaxial Inventory-II, o Parental Bonding Instrument e o Object Relations lnventory. De acordo com os resultados, existe uma relação entre alguns tipos de traços disfuncionais da personalidade e experiências disruptivas na relação precoce com ambas as figuras parentais, como a falta de autonomia psicológica e instrumental sentida, e com determinados elementos das representações das figuras parentais, como a perceção de uma menor benevolência ou maior punição. Encontram-se também diferenças entre sujeitos do sexo masculino e do sexo feminino no que respeita ao padrão específico de correlações entre traços de personalidade e características da relação e das representações parentais. ABSTRACT: The purpose of this work was to study the relation between parental representations and dysfunctional personality traits in adult subjects from a non-clinical population. Participants were 177 university students, 104 of which were female and 73 were men. Ages ranged from 18 to 43 years old (M=22,66; DP=4,054). The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II, the Parental Bonding lnstrument and the Object Relations Inventory were administered. According to the results, there is a relation between certain types of dysfunctional personality traits and disruptive experiences in the early relations with both caregivers, like a perceived lack of psychological and instrumental autonomy, and with certain elements of parental representations, like the perception of less benevolence or a more punitive attitude. Differences between male and female subjects, concerning the specific pattern of correlations between personality traits and parental relations' and representations' characteristics, were also obtained.

Allergological evaluation of a dog population in a veterinary immuno-allergology consultation: What correlates in a canine model

Introduction: Allergic dermatitis (AD) is the most common canine pruritic condition in veterinary dermatology. Allergic dermatitis to flea bites presents the highest prevalence, followed by atopic dermatitis and food AD. This study aimed to identify possible correlation between data from clinical signs, intradermal tests (IDT) and specific IgE levels, which are used in dog AD assessment. Methods: Fifty five dogs from the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Évora (Portugal) and Rof Codina University Hospital (Lugo, Spain) outpatient consultations were studied by means of clinical inquiry, IDT and specific IgE determination. Thirty five of the patients belonged to predisposed breeds, 30 were females and 25 males. Forty one (74%) were indoor. Results: In 82% of cases first clinical signs appeared before the age of 3 years and 24% even before 1 year old. In 70% of the individuals clinical signs included itching, which was generalized in 66%, with 78% of paw licking and chewing. Clinical profile showed seasonal worsening in 64% of cases. From the 69.1% of dogs already presenting with dermatitis, 50% also presented external otitis and 28.9% self-inflicted alopecia. "Intense itching" was found in 10.5%, "medium itching" in 81.6% and “mild itching” in 5.26% of the patients. Prevalence of positive IDT was 37.3 % to Lep d, 29.41% to Der f, 27.5% to Der p, 25.5% to Dac g and 21.6% to Malassezia sp. From the 37 dogs submitted to food IDT, 40.5% revealed positive to beef, 27% to chicken, 27% to porc and 5.4% to lamb. Specific IgE > 150 EAU was found in 84% of dogs to indoor allergen sources and in 68% to pollens. A negative correlation was found between an outdoor life and the intensity (p = 0.033) and precocity (p = 0.026) of clinical signs. Sensitization to pollens was found positively correlated with the seasonality of clinical signs (p = 0.001) and the positivity for Dac g (p = 0.007). The prevalence of chronic otitis correlated positively with alopecia and reactivity to Lep d (p = 0.008), Plantago lanceolata (p = 0.026) and Platanus acerifolia (p = 0.017). There was no correlation between the results of ITD and specific IgE. Conclusion: We can conclude that correlation between different clinical signs and positive testing for some allergenic sources may occur, as well as between sensitization to pollens and the beginning, the intensity and the seasonality of dog patient clinical signs.