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B Strauss

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[Pilot study of the relationship between attachment styles and problem perception in a sample of 9-11 year old children with behavioral disorders].

Using the Separation Anxiety Test, this study assessed the attachment patterns in a sample of 27 boys and girls in psychotherapeutic treatment to test the hypothesis of a relationship between attachment styles and problem perception (using the problem questionnaire of Westhoff), and concentration. In conformity with the hypothesis, results demonstrate children with anxious-avoidant attachment showing less, those with anxious-ambivalent attachment indicating more problems than average. There was a general tendency for children with behavioral disorders reporting more problems than a comparative sample of 19 school children. No correlation was found between attachment styles and concentration (assessed via the d2-test). The concentrative abilities were generally reduced in the clinical sample. The results are discussed in relation to action-theoretical assumptions.

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[Using the method of central relationship conflict topic in a study of the process and outcome of long-term inpatient group psychotherapy].

Within a research project dealing with the process and outcome of inpatient group psychotherapy, the core conflictual relationship theme method (CCRT) was used to determine if the central basic interpersonal problems of patients differ in comparison of individual pre- and postreatment sessions, if the CCRT determined at the beginning of treatment is related to outcome, and if there is a similarity between the CCRT from individual and group sessions. Comparisons of the CRRT(-components) from the beginning and the end of treatment (related to 19 patients) indicated marked changes on the levels of wishes and responses from others as well as "formal" changes of the narratives (temporal relations as well as the objects mentioned). The second part of the study (n = 26) revealed differences between subgroups determined on the basis of differential outcome measures with respect to the structure of their conflicts. The similarity of the CCRT from group and individual sessions which was studied for nine patients appeared to be moderate. The study revealed that the CCRT might need some minor revisions but appears to be an important method to thoroughly describe the effects of psychotherapies.

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[Interpersonal problems, interpersonal orientation and success of treatment after inpatient group psychotherapy].

To describe and estimate the importance of interpersonal problems and orientations for inpatient group psychotherapy, a total of 78 inpatients from two different hospitals (university hospital Kiel, psychotherapeutic hospital Berlin-Hirschgarten) were investigated using the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems and the SCL90R prior to and (partly) following longterm psychotherapy. Both groups reported more interpersonal problems than a group of 55 outpatients. The subgroups differed from each other in terms of their symptoms reported in the SCL90R and their interpersonal orientation (sensu Horowitz) which was smaller in the patient group from the Berlin Hospital (an institution of the former German Democratic Republic). Within this subgroup, treatment success (obtained with a variety of different measures) appeared to be less in those patients whose interpersonal problems were mainly related to the dimension of dominance. The ratio of interpersonal to impersonal problems was not significantly related to therapy outcome in either of the subgroups. The results of this study are mainly discussed with respect to the different psychotherapeutic concepts practiced in both hospitals. Generally, the investigation supported the significance of the interpersonal dimension for empirical research within the field of inpatient psychotherapy.

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[Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis in a trial--results of multicenter acceptability and practicability study].

During a multicentric field trial involving 134 diagnosticans from 16 centres in a first phase and 38 diagnosticans from 5 centres in a second phase a preliminary version of the manual "Operational Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD)" was tested. Focussing on feasibility, practicability and interrater-reliability the different axes of the new system were assessed as comparatively easy to use. The goodness of fit for diagnostic categories and the confidence in the diagnostic process showed a sufficient acceptance of the system. The percentage and chance-corrected inter-rater-reliability coefficients were acceptable for the most axes. It could be demonstrated that interrater-reliability depends on the degree of experiences with the OPD approach. Therefore a systematic training is necessary to use the system.

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