The case study in Psychology: self-realization and personal growth from the subject’s activity

Mercedes C. Jiménez; Israel Acosta

doi:10.5281/zenodo.14869071

Authors

Mercedes C. Jiménez Universidad de Sancti Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”, Cuba. Author https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3107-4371
Israel Acosta Universidad de Sancti Spíritus “José Martí Pérez”, Cuba. Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4167-192X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14869071

Keywords:

personality, case study, methods, primary psychological units, motivational psychological formations

Abstract

Personality is an essential psychological category that arises from the peculiar integration of bio-psycho-social components and how the subject faces the challenges of his environment since it is a key tool to understanding one’s emotions and those of others. The case study in the context of personality psychology allowed a deep exploratory study of some primary psychological units and motivational psychological formations. For this purpose, various instruments were used, which involved the collection of detailed information about a person through multiple techniques, which, in this case, can be mentioned: projective instruments such as the 10-wishes test, the HTP, Rotter’s sentence completion, as well as the Coopermisth self-esteem inventory, and the Eysenck personality test, together with traditional methods of psychological research such as observation and interview. The present work’s general objective is to study the configuration of a supposedly healthy subject’s personality to describe the contents and functional aspects of the phonological dimension.

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