Tracking change in group interventions: a further adaptation of the innovative moments coding system for groups.

In group psychotherapy research, there are few reliable measures for tracking members' change. This study proposes a further adaptation of the Innovative Moment Coding System for Groups (IMCS-G), a reliable method previously developed in one format of group intervention for detecting innovative moments (IMs). IMs are exceptions to the clients' problematic narratives, organized in different levels of complexity in terms of meaning elaboration (Level 1, 2, and 3).

Pseudomentalization as a Challenge for Therapists of Group Psychotherapy With Drug Addicted Patients.

One of the main challenges in group therapy with drug-addicted patients is collective pseudomentalization, i.e., a group discourse consisting of words and clichés that are decoupled from any inner emotional life and are poorly related to external reality.

[Personal resources and nursing work: a research on coping strategies and job satisfaction].

Introduction: The coping (ability to face a difficult situation), is an essential resource for nurses, because it increases the effective functioning in the working environment, job satisfaction and individual level of wellness.

Aim: The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between coping strategies and job satisfaction.

Methods: A self report questionnaire was administered to all the nurses working in health services and hospitals of Padua province and to free lance nurses members of the College of Nurses, to collect information on coping strategies and job satisfaction.