Abstract
In this study, thirty-six depressive patients were administered Egogram Questionnaires twice : that is, 1) at the severely stage, and 2) at much improved stage. The severity of those stages were assessed by a psychiatric observation and the scores of Beck Self-Rating Depression Inventory.In the depressive stage, the egograms revealed the extremely low level at the "Free Child" ego state, and the highest level at the "Adapted Child". The "Free Child" showed statistically significant differences from the other four ego states.In the improved stage, the following significant changes became clear : the levels of the "Adult" and "Free Child" increased and the "Adapted Child" decreased, While the "Critical Parent" showed a tendency to increase. The total scores of all the ego states also increased in accordance with the improvement of depression.There are some reports of other scholars, in which the egogram patterns show strong similarity to that of the improved stage as reported in this study.The average scores of Beck Inventory were 24.97 (±10.28) at the depressive stage, and 10.26 (±9.71) at the improved stage.
