Self image of girls after traumatic stress

Abstract

Among changes in personality after traumatic stress there are also changes connected with the self – image. Dynamics, the range of these changes are extremely crucial during the adolescence period, when one of the developmental task in gaining the suitable self – image. Researches on the girls with PTSD have been conducted and in the article the results are going to be presented. The clinic group (N=29) has been made up of 254 girls. It should be stressed that but for the questionnaire K–PTSD, this group world not have been formed. Furthermore, the scale TSCS has been helpful in conducting the researches. They have confirmed some hypotheses. Firstly, the people with disturbances after traumatic stress have low self – esteem and the incoherent self – image. Additionally, they may suffer from neurotic disturbances and the feeling of moral regression intensifies.