Obez Kadınlarda Kadınsı Özdeşimlerin Projektif Testlerle Değerlendirilmesi.

This study investigated the formation of the feminine identity in obese women. The sample consisted of 15voluntary obese women between the ages of 24 and 45. The age range was determined to exclude the effects of puberty and menopause on mental processes. The projective tests were used to examine the obese women's early relationship with their mothers and their body image issues and to investigate the feminine identifications in obesity. Firstly, semi-structured psychoanalytical preinterviews were conducted, and after the pre-interviews, the Rorschach Test and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) were applied. The findings obtained from the projective tests were coded according to the French School coding system and interpreted according to the psychoanalytic theory. The results of the study pointed out that obese women have difficulties in establishing feminine identifications. It has also been found that obese women have problems forming a separate body image from their mothers. It was concluded that obese women cannot attribute feminine sexuality to the body as well. In conclusion, it could also be said that obese women appear to reject the sexualized body and retain the desire to preserve an infantile and desexualized body. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]