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Developing psychoanalytic case conceptualization skills through didactic teaching: A randomized controlled trial.

Authors :
Polipo, Niccolò Fiorentino
Willemsen, Jochem
Hustinx, Marie
Bazan, Ariane
Source :
Psychotherapy Research. Mar2024, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p379-397. 19p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Time-limited didactic interventions have been shown to be effective in developing "generic" case conceptualization skills. The objective of this study is to test whether similar interventions can be used to develop case conceptualization skills that are "specific" to a treatment modality. University psychology students were randomized to a target (n = 62) or a control group (n = 62). The target group received a training on psychoanalytic case conceptualization skills based on the newly-developed operators model. The control group received a training on generic case conceptualization skills based on the well-established 5 Ps model. The students' self-efficacy for case conceptualization significantly increased in both groups. However, students in the target group reported a significantly greater increase in psychoanalytic case conceptualization skills and in their ability to make clinical inferences. The teaching method, as well as the case conceptualization models, were acceptable to students. However, the 5 Ps model was significantly more acceptable to students than the operators model. This is the first RCT to provide evidence that psychoanalytic case conceptualization skills can be developed through didactic teaching and that they constitute a specific set of skills that are not developed by learning generic case conceptualization skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10503307
Volume :
34
Issue :
3
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Psychotherapy Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
176106721
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2023.2241623