Measuring change in relating and interrelating during the early stages of psychotherapy: Comparison with a nonpatients' sample. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kalaitzaki, Argyroula E.; Birtchnell, John; Hammond, Sean
• Is Part Of: Psychotherapy research. Volume 26:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 85
• Page End: 94
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: couple relationship/interrelating -- psychotherapy -- relating theory -- psychiatric outpatients -- the short version of the Couple's Relating to Each Other Questionnaires -- the short version of the Person's relating to others Questionnaire; relazione di coppia / interrelazione; psicoterapia -- teoria della relazione -- pazienti ambulatoriali psichiatrici -- la versione corta dei questionari sulla modalità di relazionarsi in coppia -- la versione corta del questionario sul modo di relazionarsi con gli altri di una persona; partnerschaftliche Beziehungen/zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen -- Psychotherapie -- Theorie der Einstellung gegenüber anderen Personen -- psychiatrische ambulante Patienten -- Kurzversion des "Couple´s Relating to Each Other" Questionnaires -- Kurzversion des "Person´s Relating to Others" Questionnaires; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Research -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychothérapie -- Périodiques; Psychothérapie -- Recherche -- Périodiques; 616.891405
• DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.939118
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-3307

Abstract

Abstract: The study examined whether the relative short time period of two months of individual psychotherapy improved patients' psychiatric symptoms, their negative relating (i.e. destructive and undesirable interpersonal attitudes and behavior to others) and their negative interrelating (i.e. destructive and undesirable relationship with their partners). A sample of 60 outpatients, reportedly suffering mainly from a mood or anxiety disorder, were compared with a sample of 48 nonpatients and their partners, over a comparable time span. It was shown that the patients' psychopathology scores dropped significantly. Significant changes in some relating and interrelating scores also occurred, even though the therapy had not specifically addressed these issues. Unexpectedly, the partners demonstrated some degree of deterioration both in their relating and their interrelating scores.