Psychometric properties of the Affect Phobia Test.

The aim of this study was to make the first evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Affect Phobia Test, using the Swedish translation - a test developed to screen the ability to experience, express and regulate emotions. Data was collected from a clinical sample (N = 82) of patients with depression and/or anxiety participating in randomized controlled trial of Internet-based affect-focused treatment, and a university student sample (N = 197). The internal consistency for the total score was satisfactory (Clinical sample α = 0.

Orienting patient to affect, sense of self, and the activation of affect over the course of psychotherapy with cluster C patients.

This article investigates whether patients' sense of self and therapists' interventions aimed at orienting patients toward affect produce an affective activation in the patient. Both the independent contribution of sense of self and therapist intervention, as well as sense of self's moderating effect on therapist interventions, were investigated. Fifty cluster C patients were analyzed using 2 psychotherapy process measures and multilevel modeling.

Experience of affects predicting sense of self and others in short-term dynamic and cognitive therapy.

The present study examined whether levels of activating affects (AA) and inhibitory affects (IA) were related to change toward more compassionate and realistic levels of sense of self (SoS) and sense of others (SoO). The sample included 47 patients diagnosed with cluster C personality disorders, who received 40 sessions of either cognitive therapy or short-term dynamic therapy (see the randomized controlled trial study, Svartberg, Stiles, & Seltzer, 2004). A total of 927 videotaped sessions were rated with the use of the observational instrument, Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale.

Growth in sense of self and sense of others predicts reduction in interpersonal problems in short-term dynamic but not in cognitive therapy.

Objectives: We investigated relationships between sense of self (SoS) and sense of others (SoO) and specific interpersonal problems in short-term dynamic and cognitive therapy.

Method: 40 patients with Cluster C personality disorders from a RCT were included. The Achievement of Therapeutic Objective Scales (ATOS) was used to perform ratings of videotaped sessions.

Can two psychotherapy process measures be dependably rated simultaneously? A generalizability study.

Observer ratings in psychotherapy are a common way of collecting information in psychotherapy research. However, human observers are imperfect instruments, and their ratings may be subject to variability from several sources. One source of variability can be raters' assessing more than 1 instrument at a time.

Different processes for different therapies: therapist actions, therapeutic bond, and outcome.

Therapeutic bond, as a component of the alliance, is considered a common factor in psychotherapy; however, it may operate differently in various treatments. This article investigates therapist actions, particularly affect focus, in the formation of the bond and on reduction of symptoms in short-term dynamic psychotherapy (STDP) and cognitive therapy (CT) for cluster C patients. Forty-six cases (23 STDP and 23 CT) were assessed using the Psychotherapy Process Q-Sort, the Helping Alliance Questionnaire, and the Symptom Checklist 90.

Properties of the Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS): a Generalizability Theory study.

The psychometric properties of the process instrument Achievement of Therapeutic Objectives Scale (ATOS) were examined in this study. Generalizability Theory (GT) was used to evaluate variability attached to several possible sources of error. A random sample of 24 psychotherapy sessions was selected from a larger RCT trial including Cluster C patients and rated in different rating conditions (rating all scales versus rating a subgroup of the scales).

Learning how to rate video-recorded therapy sessions: a practical guide for trainees and advanced clinicians.

Watching and rating psychotherapy sessions is an important yet often overlooked component of psychotherapy training. This article provides a simple and straightforward guide for using one Website (www.ATOStrainer.