Publications by authors named "G Frevert"

Article Synopsis
  • The study examined how consistent relationship patterns relate to the severity of psychological issues among individuals in different treatment settings.
  • Patients in inpatient settings exhibited more repetitive relationship patterns compared to those in outpatient care, while healthy adults showed more varied interactions.
  • The frequency of specific relationship themes, particularly the 'wish' component, correlated strongly with the severity of mental health symptoms as measured by the SCL-90R.
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Research about indications for family therapy is almost lacking. There are only few studies dealing with the issue which problem or which intrapsychic or interpersonal conflicts should be addressed by family therapy. Clinical decisions concerning family therapy should be based on empirical studies to get more knowledge about the criteria, in which case a specific modality of family therapy and/or a specific setting are indicated.

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The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) is a content analytic assessment developed by Luborsky that uses narratives about relationship episodes with significant others as data base to identify repetitive relationship patterns that appear in individual behavior. Luborsky's Relationship Anecdotes Paradigm (RAP) Interview for which we introduced the German expression Relationship Episodes-Interview (RE-Interview) is a method for eliciting relationship episodes independently from therapy. In this paper we give an introduction into the practice and into the possible applications of this interview form according to the experiences the Ulm CCRT-group made with the instructions of Luborsky.

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This paper deals with social case work of single-parent mothers participating in a 'mother and child' programme in Ulm. The social workers realized that these mothers frequently leave the childrens' fathers immediately after the birth of the baby or soon after. The relationships of the mothers with their partners and their families of origin were studied by questionnaires.

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