El presente artículo discute un perfil de funcionamiento yoico en adolescentes embarazadas donde se concluye que estas adolescentes: tienden a relacionarse de manera conflictiva en particular con ambos padres, estableciendo relaciones superficiales con otras personas en situaciones neutras, siendo sensibles a potenciales abandonos; Fluctúan en la conciencia de las consecuencias de su conducta, siendo el juicio crítico adecuado en actividades no conflictivas; Son capaces de disfrutar de pensamientos, sentimientos, fantasías primitivas y de estados regresivos en general, no obstante se carece de un funcionamiento fluido que asegure el uso verdaderamente creativo-adaptativo de la regresión; su control de los impulsos puede parecer razonablemente bueno aunque más bien rígido dando signos de adaptación en la conducta dominada por los impulsos. Palabras clave: embarazo adolescente, funciones del yo, regresión adaptativa al servicio del yo, regulación y control de los impulsos.
The present study aimed to delineate the psychological structure of materialism and intrinsic and extrinsic value pursuit. Moreover, we compared models based on self-determination theory (SDT), Fromm's marketing character, and Inglehart's theory of social change to account for racial prejudice. In a sample of undergraduate students (n=131) and adults (n=176) it was revealed that the extrinsic value pursuit Financial Success/Materialism could be distinguished from the extrinsic value scales Physical Appeal and Social Recognition, and Community Concern could be distinguished from the intrinsic value pursuit scales Self-acceptance and Affiliation. Moreover, Financial Success/Materialism and Community Concern were consistently and significantly related to prejudice, whereas the other SDT facet scales yielded weaker relationships with prejudice. Structural models based on SDT and Inglehart were not corroborated, but instead the present data supported a mediation model based on Fromm's work in which the effect of Community Concern was mediated by Financial Success/Materialism. Broader implications for SDT are critically assessed.