Verbal interaction pattern analysis in clinical psychology.
Autor: | Alonso-Vega J; Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.; Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Andrés-López N; Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Froxán-Parga MX; Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2022 Jul 26; Vol. 13, pp. 949733. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 26 (Print Publication: 2022). |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.949733 |
Abstrakt: | Recent developments in pattern analysis research have made this methodology suitable for the study of the processes that are set in motion in psychological interventions. Outcome research, based on the comparison between clinical results from treatment and control groups, has leveraged our empirical knowledge about the efficacy of psychological interventions. However, these methods of research are not precise enough for the analysis of these processes. On the contrary, pattern analysis could be a powerful tool to study moment-to-moment interactions typical of psychological interventions. This is methodology is relevant because clinical psychology is experiencing a paradigm shift from a protocol for syndrome perspective to a principle-based and person-centered intervention. This evidence-based, theory-grounded, and process-oriented paradigm of clinical intervention needs new research methods to thrive (i.e., pattern analysis). The analysis of the therapeutic relationship built into the verbal interaction between the clinician and the client is one of the cornerstones of this new era of research. So, the purpose of this article is three-fold: (1) to discuss the role of the verbal interaction pattern analysis in the clinical context to the development of the principle-based clinical psychology, (2) to analyze the patterns of verbal interaction in a clinical case, and (3) to compare the results using two different methods. To reach these purposes, using the observational methodology, we have coded the verbal interaction of 16 clinical sessions with a person diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder. We have analyzed the data using sequential analysis (GSEQ) and pattern recognition algorithms (i.e., T-Pattern detection). We have been able to detect typical patterns during different phases of psychological intervention (i.e., evaluation, explanation, treatment, and consolidation). Finally, the conceptual, methodological, and empirical implications of this study will be discussed within the realms of pattern analysis research and principle-based clinical psychology. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Alonso-Vega, Andrés-López and Froxán-Parga.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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