Cyprus Mental Health Institute Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology 1302-7840 2667-8225 2 2 Turkish 2 N N Y 2020 08 01 Full Length Paper English Y Almudena Sanahuja English Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté,France France N 0000-0003-0518-3937 Patrice Cuynet English niversité Bourgogne Franche-Comté,France France N 0000-0002-7572-0200 Bengi Düşgör Turkish İstanbul University,Turkey Turkey N 0000-0003-1793-796X Tevfika İkiz Turkish İstanbul University,Turkey Turkey N 000-0002-8183-6832 Aslıhan Özfidan Turkish İstanbul University,Turkey Turkey N 0000-0002-7877-5645 Elif Sever Turkish İstanbul University,Turkey Turkey N 0000-0002-9751-9487 İrem Atak Turkish İstanbul University,Turkey Turkey N 0000-0003-1155-8416 Özgün Taktakoğlu Turkish İstanbul University,Turkey Turkey ozguntaktakoglu@gmail.com Y 0000-0002-6375-848X Funda Akkapulu Turkish İstanbul Turkey N 0000-0001-5802-8346 Erkan Kalem Turkish İstanbul Turkey N 0000-0002-8937-9226 :10.35365/ctjpp.20.02.13 The aim of this study is to explore the psychic apparatus of obese adolescents within their families in two different cultures: Turkey and France. Participants are composed of a clinical group and a control group, each consists of obese adolescents between 12-18 years of age, with 10 girls and 10 boys, with their families. On the individual level, projective tests (Rorschach, TAT) are applied to the obese adolescents; on the family level, a semi-structured family interviews as well as “family projective tests” (projective geneography test, projective spatiography test) which allow obtaining a figuration referring to the unconscious structure of the family group are applied. The unconscious structure of the family group is assessed according to the test findings. Results showed a profile of dysfunction within the various family constellations: traumas transmitted through generations resulting in narcissistic weakness, sensitivity to separations and void, that voices the obesity symptom. It is noticed that the presence of past traumas that impact generational lineage weaken the inner group, regardless of the families’ country of origin. We present the results of this research through the presentation of two cases of obese teenagers and their families, one Turkish the other French, that are representative of the various families encountered. We show these two case studies by highlighting data from the Rorschach test and family projective tests, then we discuss the common and unique intercultural elements with the examples of these two families. English Psychology, Obesity, Family Relations, Adolescence http://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5-testing-the-projective-methodology-on-obesity-1.pdf http://www.ktppdergisi.com/1285-2/ http://www.ktppdergisi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/5-testing-the-projective-methodology-on-obesity-1.pdf English References 95 96