Characteristic Egogram Pattern in University Students Using Tokyo University Egogram (TEG)

Abstract

Recently, the importance of mental health has been emphasized, and clinical practice and research for egogram has been attracted attention. Tokyo University Egogram (TEG) has been a reliable and useful battery for psychological evaluation. Authors and colleagues have continued several reports of TEG so far. Egogram has 5 egos, which are Critical Parent (CP), Nurturing Parent (NP), Adult (A), Free Child (FC) and Adapted Child (AC). Each factor can be calculated by the points from 0 to 20. Subjects were 98 university students and the results were analyzed in comparison with previous standard data of TEG. The results were as follows: i) CP; the average value tended to be slightly lower, but the shape of the distribution was similar, ii) NP; it showed almost the same results as general people, iii) A; average value is similar, but the distribution was different, and no case was found with less than 5 points, iv) FC; average value was higher than general public, and distribution was deviated to high level, v) AC; mean value was higher compared with general people, and distribution was deviated to high level. Several characteristic points were found, which will be worthwhile to psychological development in the future.