Free-Association Session Scale: factor structure and preliminary validity test.

Autor:	Mariani R; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies 'Sapienza', University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Di Monte C; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies 'Sapienza', University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Caricati L; Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Parma, Italy., Bastianini T; Società Psicoanalitica Italiana, International Psychoanalytical Association, Rome, Italy., Ferruta A; Società Psicoanalitica Italiana, International Psychoanalytical Association, Rome, Italy., Christopher C; Department of Psychology, City College, City University of New York, New York, NY, United States., Speranza AM; Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies 'Sapienza', University of Rome, Rome, Italy., Guerrini Degli Innocenti B; Società Psicoanalitica Italiana, International Psychoanalytical Association, Rome, Italy., Musetti A; Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2023 Jun 01; Vol. 14, pp. 1169372. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 01 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1169372
Abstrakt:	One of the main concepts of the psychoanalytic method postulated by Freud in 1912 is the fundamental rule, which involves asking the patient to say whatever comes to mind as the analyst follows the patient's speech with fluctuating attention. Despite different theoretical models, this concept has remained an invariant element that characterizes the psychoanalytic method. For this reason, the purpose of the current study is to present a new instrument that measures this process based on the clinician's assessment. The Free-Association Session Scale (FASS) has been designed according to the psychoanalytic framework. Study 1 presented the preliminary validation of the FASS factor structure. Experienced Italian psychoanalysts ( N = 281; 196 women) completed the FASS and sociodemographic questionnaire. The following two factors were identified using exploratory factor analysis: (1) Perturbing, and (2) Associativity. Study 2 cross-validated the two factors using an independent sample ( N = 259; 187 women) of experienced psychoanalysts and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The FASS has been tested for concurrent validity using the Session Evaluation Questionnaire (SEQ) and Linguistic measures of the Referential process. The two-factor model achieved a close-fit test, and the FASS items were found to measure the corresponding factors with good reliability. The Perturbing factor is negatively associated with three SEQ factors (Depth, Smoothness, and Positivity) and negatively correlated with symbolization (IWRAD and IWRAD_IWRRL), confirming a more complex and unexpected session. The Associativity factor is positively associated with all four SEQ factors (Depth, Smoothness, Positivity, and Arousal). In conclusion, the FASS is a promising new questionnaire for assessing psychoanalytic session quality processes with satisfactory validity and reliability. 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 © 2023 Mariani, Di Monte, Caricati, Bastianini, Ferruta, Christopher, Speranza, Guerrini degli Innocenti and Musetti.)
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