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    HypothÚse d'un dysfonctionnement émotionnel chez des adolescents présentant des comportements à risque : une étude exploratoire

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    International audienceLes comportements Ă  risque chez les adolescents sont responsables d'un nombre croissant de situations met-tant en jeu leur intĂ©gritĂ© physique et psychique. Il apparaĂźt que de maniĂšre centrale, le fonctionnement Ă©motionnel soit impliquĂ© dans le fait que certains adolescents s'engagent dans ce type de comportements. Dans cette Ă©tude, nous avons tentĂ© de montrer qu'ils sont la consĂ©quence d'un dysfonctionnement cognitivo-Ă©motionnel Ă  situer au niveau de l'intensitĂ© de l'Ă©prouvĂ© subjectif. Nos rĂ©sultats ont Ă©tĂ© obtenus aprĂšs comparaison de deux groupes d'adolescents de 20 sujets chacun ĂągĂ©s de 14 Ă  16 ans : un groupe prĂ©sentant des comportements Ă  problĂšme, un groupe n'en prĂ©sentant pas. À partir d'une induction d'Ă©motions par audiovisuel, nous avons Ă©valuĂ© l'Ă©prouvĂ© subjectif par l'Ă©chelle d'Ă©motions diffĂ©rentielles (Izard). Nous avons ensuite Ă©valuĂ© les capacitĂ©s d'expression verbale des Ă©motions par un entretien semidirectif, et enfin la capacitĂ© Ă  inhiber les rĂ©actions motricespar une grille d’observation. Nos rĂ©sultats montrent aprĂšs analyse de la variance que les adolescents prĂ©sentant des comportements Ă  risque ressentent les Ă©motions de maniĂšre moins intense, verbalisent plus difficilement leurs Ă©prouvĂ©s subjectifs et prĂ©sentent un niveau supĂ©rieur d’activitĂ© motrice. Ces rĂ©sultats sont comparables Ă  ceux obtenus dans d’autres travaux, et soulignent l’importance du fonctionnement Ă©motionnel et de ses relations avec la sphĂšre motricedans la problĂ©matique comportementale Ă  l’adolescence

    Symptomatologie dépressive à l'adolescence : rÎle de la personnalité et de la conscience émotionnelle

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    International audienceAim of the study. The aim of the study was to analyze the relating contribution of personality dimensions referring to Cloninger’s model and emotional awareness to depressive symptoms intensity, in a community sample of adolescents. Our purpose was also to investigate the mediating role of the emotional awareness on the personality-depression relationship.Method. A sample of 372 school students completed the following questionnaires: the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ), the Level of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D).Results. Correlationnal and multiple hierarchical regressions analysis confirmed the existence of direct links between each personality dimensions and depression, and the partial mediating effect of emotional awareness, but only for the novelty seeking and the harm avoidance dimensions. Conclusion. Our results confirm the relationships observed in previous research between emotion awareness and depression on one hand, and between personality and depression on the other hand. They highlight the major role played by personality and emotional processing in the vulnerability to present depressive symptoms. The importance of taking in account and assess the emotional processing in the adolescent’s depression clinical support is discussed.But de l’étude. L’objectif de cette Ă©tude Ă©tait d’étudier les contributions relatives de dimensions de personnalitĂ© en rĂ©fĂ©rence au modĂšle de Cloninger et de la conscience Ă©motionnelle Ă  l’intensitĂ© de la symptomatologie dĂ©pressive, dans un Ă©chantillon communautaire d’adolescents. Cette recherche se proposait Ă©galement d’évaluer l’effet mĂ©diateur du niveau de conscience Ă©motionnelle sur la relation entre personnalitĂ© et dĂ©pression.Patients et mĂ©thode. Un Ă©chantillon de 372 adolescents de collĂšges et lycĂ©es a Ă©tĂ© constituĂ©. Les adolescents ont complĂ©tĂ© les questionnaires suivants : le Questionnaire Tridimensionnel de PersonnalitĂ© (TPQ), l’Echelle de Niveau de Conscience Emotionnelle (LEAS), et l’échelle d’évaluation de la DĂ©pression du Centre d’Etudes EpidĂ©miologiques (CES-D)RĂ©sultats. Les analyses en corrĂ©lations et en rĂ©gressions hiĂ©rarchiques confirment l’existence de relations directes entre chacune des dimensions de personnalitĂ© et la dĂ©pression ainsi que l’effet mĂ©diateur partiel du niveau de conscience Ă©motionnelle, mais uniquement dans le cas des dimensions « recherche de nouveautĂ© » et « Ă©vitement du danger ». Conclusion. Les rĂ©sultats obtenus mettent en Ă©vidence le lien dĂ©jĂ  observĂ© dans des travaux antĂ©rieurs entre conscience Ă©motionnelle et dĂ©pression d’une part, et entre personnalitĂ© et dĂ©pression d’autre part. Ils soulignent le rĂŽle majeur jouĂ© par la personnalitĂ© et le fonctionnement Ă©motionnel dans la vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© Ă  prĂ©senter des symptĂŽmes dĂ©pressifs. L’importance de prendre en compte et d’évaluer le fonctionnement Ă©motionnel dans la prise en charge de ces troubles Ă  l’adolescence est discutĂ©e

    DĂ©veloppement cognitivo-Ă©motionnel, rĂ©gulation des Ă©motions et comportements Ă  risques : une Ă©tude exploratoire chez l’adolescent

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    International audienceBut de l'Ă©tude. – L'objectif de cette Ă©tude Ă©tait d'explorer les relations entre dysfonctionnement Ă©motionnel, trouble thymique et comportements Ă  risques chez les adolescents.Patients et mĂ©thode. – Notre Ă©chantillon Ă©tait constituĂ© de 56 sujets (sex-ratio 31G/25F ; Ăąge moyen = 14,76 ± 0,63), issus de deux collĂšges de la rĂ©gion Provence-Alpes–CĂŽte d'Azur, rĂ©partis en deux groupes grĂące Ă  un questionnaire de comportements Ă  risques. Le fonctionnement Ă©motionnel a Ă©tĂ© Ă©valuĂ© avec l'Ă©chelle de niveaux de conscience Ă©motionnelle et l'Ă©chelle d'alexithymie de Toronto en 20 items, l'intensitĂ© dĂ©pressive avec l'inventaire de dĂ©pression de Beck en 13 items, et le fonctionnement cognitif avec l'Ă©chelle d'attitudes dysfonctionnelles forme A.RĂ©sultats. – Les adolescents ayant une propension Ă  prendre des risques ont un niveau de conscience Ă©motionnelle infĂ©rieur aux autres adolescents, et un score plus Ă©levĂ© d'alexithymie. Ils ont Ă©galement un niveau d'attitudes dysfonctionnelles supĂ©rieur mais ne prĂ©sentent pas de trouble dĂ©pressif. Les troubles de la rĂ©gulation des Ă©motions associĂ©s Ă  des troubles cognitifs semblent prĂ©senter des relations significatives avec les prises de risques rĂ©pĂ©tĂ©es.Conclusion. – Les comportements Ă  risques pourraient ĂȘtre liĂ©s Ă  une incapacitĂ© Ă  utiliser les Ă©motions (du fait d'une faible Ă©laboration) pour rĂ©guler les comportements, tout en gĂ©nĂ©rant des sensations internes pouvant constituer des "prototypes Ă©motionnels"

    RÎle du tempérament et de la conscience émotionnelle dans la prise de risque chez des adolescents

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    International audienceIntroduction. —Risk-taking behaviors among adolescents are now considered as a real public health issue. To investigate for potential vulnerability factors, adolescent risk-taking behavior can be analyzed from several different perspectives, based on biological, social or psychologicalvariables. Risk-taking theories based on temperamental dimensions examine individual differences in propensity for engaging in such behaviors, whereas others focused on emotional processing disorder such as alexithymia or anhedonia with diverse conclusions. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between risk taking and two levels of psychological functioning: personality with reference to Cloninger’s model of personality, and emotion with reference to Lane and Schwartz’s level of emotional awareness theory.Method. — The sample consisted in 488 adolescents (mage = 14.93, SD = 1.44) with 257 boys (mage = 15, SD = 1.51) and 231 girls (mage = 14.52, SD = 1.23) who completed a set of three inventories: the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Scale (YRBSS), the Tridimensional PersonalityQuestionnaire, and the Level of Emotional Awareness Scale. Risk-taking behaviors were also assessed indirectly with regards to teachers or school educators’ evaluation.Results. — Moderate to weak significant correlations were found between temperament dimensions and risk-taking, and between level of emotional awareness and risk-taking. A positive moderate correlation was observed between novelty and risk-taking, whereas a negative weakcorrelation was observed between harm avoidance and risk-taking. Level of emotional awareness shows moderate negative correlations with risk-taking, as the two self and others dimensions. Finally, a model including the four temperament and the two emotional awarenessdimensions was tested with risk-taking as the outcome variable. It accounted for 33% of the total variance (R2 = 0.33; F = 30.78, p < 0.0001), with novelty seeking (p < 0.0001), self (p < 0.0001) and others (p = 0.0001), and level of emotional awareness as significant criteria.Discussion. — As hypothesized, temperamental dispositions of novelty seeking and harm avoidance, associated with weak emotional awareness, were associated with risk-taking. They may be considered as vulnerability factors for adolescents to engage in risk-taking behaviors. Severalpropositions may explain our results. First, risk-taking might be considered as an attempt to struggle against a sensation of emptiness due to a lack of emotion. Second, it may tend to replace emotion by sensations, which could be more controlled. Third, it could be an attempt — without success — to construct the complexity of subjective emotional experience.Les conduites Ă  risques Ă  l’adolescence constituent un rĂ©el enjeu de santĂ© publique, par les consĂ©quences inquiĂ©tantes qu’elles entrainent en termes d’accidentologie, de traumatologie ou de leur impact psychosocial et psychopathologique. DiffĂ©rentes travaux ont soulignĂ© le rĂŽle de dimensions de tempĂ©rament telles que la recherche de sensation ou de nouveautĂ©, ou de dimensions Ă©motionnelles telles que l’alexithymie. Dans ce travail, nous avons testĂ© les relations entre tempĂ©rament et dĂ©veloppement cognitivo-Ă©motionnel comme facteurs de vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© Ă  l’engagement dans des conduites Ă  risques, sur un Ă©chantillon de 488 adolescents. Les outils utilisĂ©s Ă©taient le questionnaire tridimensionnel de personnalitĂ©, l’échelle de niveau de conscience Ă©motionnelle, l’échelle de surveillance du risque pour les jeunes. Les analyses statistiques ont permis de dĂ©gager un modĂšle explicatif expliquant 33 % de la variance de la propension Ă  s’engager dans des conduites Ă  risques. Ainsi, une forte recherche de nouveautĂ© et un faible Ă©vitement du danger, associĂ©s Ă  un faible niveau de conscience Ă©motionnelle, entraĂźne un risque accru de s’engager dans des conduites Ă  risques. Ces rĂ©sultats sont comparables Ă  ceux retrouvĂ©s dans les Ă©tudes Ă©tudiant spĂ©cifiquement l’une ou l’autre de ces dimensions, notamment dans des problĂ©matiques addictives

    Relations entre dimensions émotionnelles et symptÎmes somatiques : effets médiateurs de la dépression et de l'alexithymie

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    International audienceObjectives: The aim of the present study was first to complete previous research on negative affectivity, alexithymia, depression and somatic symptoms by testing a theoretical model of their relations. It was second to investigate potential mediating effect on the relations between negative emotionality (i.e. neuroticism) and somatic symptoms.Patients and method: A sample of 309 subjects (77% F et 23% M; mean age = 20, 61 AE 1.55) completed the following questionnaires: the Positive and Negative Emotion questionnaire-31 items (EPN-31), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale 20 items (TAS-20), the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D), and the Symptom Check List Revised, 90 items (SCL-90 R). Theoretical model and mediating effects were tested using structural equation modeling, and bootstrapping method.Results: Three measurement models were tested: First, a direct effect model did not fit the data. Second, a partially mediated model fit partially the data for some indices, but not for others, and was rejected for lack of parsimony. Finally, a full mediation model showed the best adjustment with results confirming the good fit of this structural model including (Chi 2 = 10.245, P = 0.069, ns; CFI = 0.989 > 0.95, RMSEA = 0.058 < 0.07 [90% IC = 0.000–0.100], SRMR = 0.026 < 0.08). So as, our resultsshow that alexithymia and depression are full mediators of the negative affectivity–somatic symptoms relation. In other words, when depression and alexithymia are introduced in the relation between negative affectivity and somatic symptoms, the direct effect of negative affectivity becomes non-significant, and turns to an indirect effect. Moreover, depression as a stronger effect on somatic symptoms than alexithymia, which seems to confirm previous research on the distinction between both constructs. These results are compatible with that of previous works on somatic symptoms and negative affectivity, and on somatic symptoms and alexithymia.Conclusion: The propensity to experiment negative emotional states may contribute to develop negative emotion regulation strategies such as alexithymia, which as a direct effect on somatic symptoms. But more precisely, we can hypothesize that alexithymia is not fully efficient as a defense against negative emotions, and that depression remains a strong characteristic of subjective emotional experience for some subjects, constituting a strong contributor to declarative somatic symptoms. Implications for psychotherapy are discussed, supporting the enhancement of negative emotions regulations strategies for subjects showing somatic complaints.Les plaintes somatiques constituent l'un des motifs de consultation les plus courants en mĂ©decine gĂ©nĂ©rale et sont frĂ©quemment rapportĂ©es par les patients dans les prises en charge psychothĂ©rapiques. Si plusieurs Ă©tudes ont permis de souligner les relations entre alexithymie et somatisations, peu de travaux se sont cependant intĂ©ressĂ©s aux relations entre dimensions de personnalitĂ© , psychopathologie de l'Ă©motion et symptĂŽmes somatiques. Dans cette Ă©tude, nous avons testĂ© une modĂ©lisation des relations entre dimensions de l'affectivitĂ© , alexithymie, dĂ©pression et symptĂŽmes somatiques autodĂ©clarĂ©s, dans un Ă©chantillon de 309 sujets. Les instruments d'Ă©valuation Ă©taient le questionnaire d'Ă©motions positives et nĂ©gatives (EPN-31), l'Ă©chelle d'alexithymie de Toronto (TAS-20), l'Ă©chelle de dĂ©pression du centre d'Ă©tudes Ă©pidĂ©miologiques (CES-D) et l'Ă©chelle somatisation de la liste de symptĂŽmes rĂ©visĂ©e en 90 items (SCL-90R). Une analyse en pistes causales a permis de confirmer un modĂšle dans lequel l'alexithymie et la dĂ©pression mĂ©diatisent totalement les relations entre affectivitĂ© et symptĂŽmes somatiques. En outre, la contribution de la dĂ© pression au niveau des symptĂŽmes somatiques se rĂ©vĂšle supĂ©rieure Ă  celle de l'alexithymie, soutenant Ă  la fois la pertinence de distinguer les deux dimensions et une interrogation quant aux relations qu'ils entretiennent. Ces rĂ©sultats sont compatibles avec ceux des travaux antĂ©rieurs, mais ils prĂ©cisent Ă©galement la fonction possible de l'alexithymie et de la dĂ© pression dans les relations entre affectivitĂ© et symptĂŽmes somatiques. Les implications pour la prise en charge sont importantes, amenant Ă  prendre en compte les capacitĂ©s des sujets Ă  Ă©laborer leurs expĂ©riences subjectives, voire Ă  mieux tolĂ©rer les affects nĂ©gatifs tout en Ă©tant plus Ă  mĂȘme d'identifier les Ă©motions positives

    Affectivité et alexithymie : deux dimensions explicatives des relations entre symptÎmes dépressifs et anxieux

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    International audienceObjectives : The main objective of this study was to support the existence of emotional dimensions common to anxiety and depressive symptomatology, and confirm the common elements of emotional vulnerability, characterized by negative affectivity and alexithymia operation. The second objective of this study was the identification of characteristics specific to each disorder. We made three assumptions:1) there is a significant relationship between anxiety and depressive symptoms, 2) exists on community processes between these two entities, objectified by the sub dimensions of negative affectivity and the difficulty in identifying emotions 3) certain dimensions are specific to each disorder.Method : The study participants were students from 1st to 4th year of the University of Provence. The sample consisted of 317 subjects (77% female and 23% G; mean age = 20, 61 ± 1.55), who gave written informed consent and completed questionnaires collectively. We administered to the subjects a protocol consisting of three self-assessment scales to assess emotional dimensions and anxiety and depressive symptomatology. The dimensions of affectivity were assessed by the EPN-31. It consists of 31 items grouped into three factors: positive emotions, negative emotions and feelings of surprise. The emotional functioning was assessed by the scale of the Toronto alexithymia (TAS-20). It allows an overall assessment of the level of alexithymia, as well as three dimensions as represented by specific sub scales: difficulty identifying emotions (DIE), the difficulty to differentiate emotions (DDE), and thought oriented l outside (PEO). This scale is most used in the assessment of alexithymia. The anxiety and depressive symptoms was assessed by the subscale of anxiety and depression of the SCL90-R. This scale is widely used in screening for psychiatric symptoms, and has been validated internationally.Statistical analysis: we performed descriptive analysis, correlational analysis (correlation of Bravais-Pearson) and hierarchical multiple regression with SPSS 15.Results validate our assumptions. We observe significant correlations between anxiety and depressive symptomatology and vulnerability factors (negative affectivity, emotional activation and alexithymia). The proposed model can retain common elements and specific dimensions operating respectively for anxiety and depression.Discussion : Our study reveals the existence of a "common nucleus of vulnerability characterized by negative affectivity associated with difficulty identifying emotions. Specific dimensions appear nevertheless exist, and depression is strongly explained by low positive affect (anhedonia dimension); anxiety associated specificially to emotional activation and finally thought outward, marking the size limitation the imaginary life in alexithymia, appears to operate in depression, perhaps as a mechanism of emotional repression. The involvement of alexithymia in the functioning of the affective disorder is confirmed, this helps to clarify the modalities of therapeutic care that we offer.L’objectif de cette Ă©tude Ă©tait de dĂ©gager l’existence d’un « noyau commun de vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© Ă©motionnelle » opĂ©rant dans l’anxiĂ©tĂ© et la dĂ©pression ; et de prĂ©ciser les dimensions Ă©motionnelles spĂ©cifiques Ă  chacune. Nous avons recrutĂ© 317 sujets Ă©tudiants. Ils ont rempli un protocole permettant d’évaluer par des Ă©chelles d’autoĂ©valuation les symptomatologies dĂ©pressive et anxieuse ( SCLR-90), l’affectivitĂ© ( EPN-31) et l’alexithymie (TAS-20). Les rĂ©sultats montrent que l’affectivitĂ© nĂ©gative et la difficultĂ© Ă  identifier les Ă©motions reprĂ©sentent des facteurs commun de vulnĂ©rabilitĂ© Ă  l’anxiĂ©tĂ© et Ă  la dĂ©pression ; par contre, ces deux symptomatologies se distinguent par la mise en Ă©vidence d’élĂ©ments spĂ©cifiques Ă  chacune. On observe ainsi une faible affectivitĂ© positive dans la dĂ©pression et une forte activation dans l’anxiĂ©tĂ©, rĂ©sultats qui confirment des travaux antĂ©rieurs de la littĂ©rature. Une particularitĂ© rĂ©side dans le rĂŽle jouĂ© dans la dĂ©pression par la pensĂ©e orientĂ©e vers l’extĂ©rieur, dimension opĂ©ratoire de l’alexithymie. Les limites de l’étude et les ouvertures possibles sont discutĂ©es

    Video games in adolescence and emotional functioning: Emotion regulation, emotion intensity, emotion expression, and alexithymia

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    International audienceVideo-game users represent 40% of the French population and adolescents are the primary users. Yet excessive playing of video games has become a problem in modern society and is manifesting itself in treatment centers for adolescents. Before attempting to gain insight into this problematic use, we must understand video gaming itself and its implications for the gamer. The aim of this research is to propose an understanding of video-game playing based on some dimensions of emotional functioning such as emotion regulation, emotion intensity, emotion expression, and alexithymia. A total of 159 adolescents took part in the study. Regular gamers regulated their emotions more than irregular gamers did. They also felt their emotions more intensely. But regular gamers expressed their emotions less than irregular gamers did. Finally, the regular gamers' alexithymia level was higher than the irregular gamers' level. Especially, they had more difficulty being emotionally reactive. The avatar's evolution in the virtual environment may help mediate adolescents' problematic emotional experiences to give them meaning and enable their appropriation. As such, video games may act as a medium for projecting and experiencing one's emotional life by staging the emotional self, thereby explaining the engagement of adolescents in video gaming

    Image du corps alcoolique : la représentation dans l'alcoolisme chronique et l'alcoolisme intermittent

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    International audienceThe alcoholic body image is traditionally recognized as being extremely fragile. Presenting major defects in body image envelopes, it appears to be marked by the absence of units and limits. This qualitative and exploratory study of two very different clinical cases, based on Rorschach’s tests, revealed major disturbances that are nevertheless expressed in various ways according to the type of alcohol abuse: body image subject to “deformation” in chronic alcoholism; “co-fusion” movements, leading to osmosis in intermittent alcoholism. These specific lesions could be explained by the particular relationship to alcohol. Apart from the subject’s implication in the outside world, these elements should be considered from a therapeutic point of view, especially in approaches that try to rehabilitate the alcoholic’s body image.L’image du corps alcoolique est traditionnellement reconnue comme extrĂȘmement fragile. PrĂ©sentant des dĂ©faillances majeures des enveloppes, elle apparaĂźt marquĂ©e par une absence d’unitĂ© et de limite. Cette Ă©tude qualitative et exploratoire de deux cas cliniques contrastĂ©s, Ă  partir du test de Rorschach, a rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© ces lourdes perturbations, qui s’expriment cependant de maniĂšre nuancĂ©e selon le type d’alcoolisation : image du corps en proie Ă  la “dĂ©formation” dans la modalitĂ© chronique ; mouvements de “co-fusion”, concourant Ă  l’osmose pour la modalitĂ© intermittente. Ces atteintes spĂ©cifiques pourraient s’expliquer par le rapport particulier Ă  l’alcool. Au-delĂ  de l’implication dans l’ĂȘtre au monde, ces Ă©lĂ©ments semblent pertinents Ă  considĂ©rer du point de vue thĂ©rapeutique, notamment dans les approches qui tentent de rĂ©habiliter le corps des sujets alcooliques

    Image du corps alcoolique : la représentation dans l'alcoolisme chronique et l'alcoolisme intermittent

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    International audienceThe alcoholic body image is traditionally recognized as being extremely fragile. Presenting major defects in body image envelopes, it appears to be marked by the absence of units and limits. This qualitative and exploratory study of two very different clinical cases, based on Rorschach’s tests, revealed major disturbances that are nevertheless expressed in various ways according to the type of alcohol abuse: body image subject to “deformation” in chronic alcoholism; “co-fusion” movements, leading to osmosis in intermittent alcoholism. These specific lesions could be explained by the particular relationship to alcohol. Apart from the subject’s implication in the outside world, these elements should be considered from a therapeutic point of view, especially in approaches that try to rehabilitate the alcoholic’s body image.L’image du corps alcoolique est traditionnellement reconnue comme extrĂȘmement fragile. PrĂ©sentant des dĂ©faillances majeures des enveloppes, elle apparaĂźt marquĂ©e par une absence d’unitĂ© et de limite. Cette Ă©tude qualitative et exploratoire de deux cas cliniques contrastĂ©s, Ă  partir du test de Rorschach, a rĂ©vĂ©lĂ© ces lourdes perturbations, qui s’expriment cependant de maniĂšre nuancĂ©e selon le type d’alcoolisation : image du corps en proie Ă  la “dĂ©formation” dans la modalitĂ© chronique ; mouvements de “co-fusion”, concourant Ă  l’osmose pour la modalitĂ© intermittente. Ces atteintes spĂ©cifiques pourraient s’expliquer par le rapport particulier Ă  l’alcool. Au-delĂ  de l’implication dans l’ĂȘtre au monde, ces Ă©lĂ©ments semblent pertinents Ă  considĂ©rer du point de vue thĂ©rapeutique, notamment dans les approches qui tentent de rĂ©habiliter le corps des sujets alcooliques

    Void and narrative in the clinic of addictions: A theoretical proposal

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    International audienceWe propose a connection between the void and addiction via psychoanalysis and current developments in narration in the context of the psychoanalytic clinic. We maintain that the addicted subject is shaped in particular by a relationship to the void evolving from the disruptive effects of the narrative. Our modern era is marked by a parallel evolution towards an unbearable void, to be filled at all costs. The neo-liberal promise of ‘filling’ the void with consumer objects in turn feeds the illusion of a so-called freedom, based on alienation to the inseparable duos of growth/jouissance and productivism/consumerism. The void has a multidisciplinary heritage (philosophy, physics, art, psychology) underlining certain aspects of a dialectic of the void that fluctuates between nothing at all and everything as potential. Taking this dialectic into account allows us to construct a concept of the void centred around two types of void: a narrative void and an a-narrative void. We maintain that the toxic in addiction can be interpreted as a narco-narrative that is constructed upon an a-narrative void. The clinical implications and technical proposals are briefly explored as openings to a clinical consideration of the void in the field of addictology
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