Current Functioning: After administering several questionnaires, Mattie B had some interesting test results. The first of these assessments was the Ego Function Assessment. According to the results, Hattie B scored fairly high on Reality Testing and on the highest end of the normative range for Sense of Reality. Although the two do not go exactly hand in hand, these scores directly reflect her state of mind because she is definitely a very grounded individual. What stood out to me the most during the interview was her difficulty maintaining relationships with her mother, sister, and friends. I was hoping that the EFA would back up this situation, and it exceeded my expectations. Hattie was on the lowest end of the normative range for Object…show more content… The normative range for the Ego Identity Scale is a score of 6.57-9.43. Hattie scored an astonishingly low score of three. It was in fact so low that I needed a second opinion just to ensure that the data was not invalid. A few of the statements on this questionnaire that really spoke to Hattie’s character and personality touched on being “emotionally distant from others,” doubts of one person’s abilities, a lack trust in society and others, and an evaluation of self worth. Hattie’s selections of these statements on the Ego Identity Scale indicated to me a strong lack of Ego Identity. This in turn made me curious of Hattie’s relationship styles. According to the Relationship Questionnaire, she circled Style C, which is a desire to be completely, emotionally open with others, but they often do not reciprocate. It is a need for close relationships, but the latter individual in the relationship not as valued as the other, thus leaving an intense insecurity. Style A and Style D were on the opposite ends of the spectrum and did not relate to Hattie at all, but Style B very closely related to her like Style C
