Proceso de evaluación psicodiagnóstica del trastorno adaptativo con ansiedad en el adulto, análisis de un caso

Abstract

Adjustment Disorder AD is a stress-dependent phenomenon, characterized by the presence of symptoms that provoke tension in the organism, affecting the physiological, cognitive, emotional and behavioral stability of a person. The stressor that initiates AT can be a normative biographical change that affects most people or a single event, without the need for the stressor to be a traumatic event. It manifests as: sadness, emotional lability, anxiety, depression and inhibition; accompanied by physical symptoms such as: insomnia, agitation and headaches. In this type of disorder, it is not possible to anticipate which types of people are likely to generate such disorder, the susceptibility to stress of a given person may be governed by elements such as: social skills, intelligence, flexibility, genetic factors and coping strategies. This research aims to conduct an analysis of the adaptive disorder with anxiety by describing the psychodiagnostic assessment process. We worked with information gathering techniques such as the interview and psychometrics, with validated and standardized techniques such as: the ABAS-II test to measure adaptive behavior in adults, the Kuder questionnaire or inventory of vocational preferences, the Holland self-directed preferences inventory, Differential Aptitude Test DAT-5, the coping scale ACS and 16PF created by Cattell, in 1993. Finally, it is understood that the assessment of Adjustment Disorder relates the internal and external system of the individual: personality, cognitive abilities, coping and vocational interests, being important for the analysis and diagnosis of the same.