The Group Questionnaire (GQ)—Psychometric properties among outpatients with personality disorders
| Autor: | Theresa Wilberg, Geir Pedersen, Gary M. Burlingame, Elfrida Hartveit Kvarstein, Steinar Lorentzen, Espen Folmo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Předmět: |
Social Psychology
Group (mathematics) medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Empathy Test validity medicine.disease Factor structure Personality disorders Group psychotherapy Group cohesiveness medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Psychology Applied Psychology Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. 27:81-98 |
| ISSN: | 1930-7802 1089-2699 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/gdn0000176 |
| Popis: | Objective: Relational and emotional vulnerability represent essential problems among patients with personality disorder (PD). Group psychotherapy is a central component of evidence-based PD treatments. Generally, patient and therapist interrelationships predict improvement in therapy. However, although treatment of patients with PD is a more complex process, group processes are poorly elaborated in PD research. Documentation of the psychometric quality of group process measures in PD samples is an important precursor of such research. The Group Questionnaire—GQ is based on concepts of group cohesion and climate, empathy, and alliance and aims to capture the quality of member–member, member–group, and member–leader relationships in group therapy. A three latent factor structure (positive bond, positive work, and negative relationship) has generally been supported. This study aimed to perform a psychometric analysis of GQ administered in a clinical population of patients with PD. Method: The study included 369 patients with PDs attending group psychotherapy in 14 outpatient treatment units on a specialist mental health service level within the Norwegian Network of Personality Disorders in the period 2017–2020. Psychometric analyses included three latent factors and eight subfacets. Results: The three latent factors, positive bond, positive work, and negative relationship, were replicated. Psychometric integrity of the tripartite relationship structure—member–member, member–group, and member–leader, with eight subfacets, was supported. Conclusion: The GQ with three latent factors and eight subfacets can be recommended for future research and clinical practice in patient populations with PD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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