Evaluation of Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Therapeutic Processes

Preliminary Validation of Instrument

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2024.1.41245

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therapeutic process, therapists' interventions, instrumento adaptation, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, cognive-behavioral therapy

Abstract

Research on the therapeutic process needs instruments able to assess the constructs under evaluation. The therapist’s technique and interventions have been regarded as a specific factor in the process, and their study demands valid and reliable instruments. The aim of this study was to develop the cross-cultural adaptation of the Comparative Psychotherapy Process Scale (CPPS) into Brazilian Portuguese, and to assess its reliability and evidence of validity. The content validity of the adapted version was examined, and the pilot study analyzed videotapes of 204 sessions from four child psychodynamic psychotherapies. Interrater reliability analyzes and validity analyzes, aiming at identifying evidence based on the internal structure (factor analysis and internal consistency analysis) and based on the relationships with other variables (convergent validity) were also performed. The adapted version showed excellent interrater reliability, convergent validity with the Child Psychotherapy Q-Set, and preliminary evidence of construct validity of one of the CPPS subscales.

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Vera Regina Röhnelt Ramires, Attitudes Education, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil

PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUCSP), in São Paulo, SP, Brazil; with a post-doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University (LIU), USA. Professor and researcher in the Postgraduate Program in Psychology at Atitus Educação, in Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil. Coordinator of the Research Center in Psychopathology and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (NuPePPP).

Eduardo Brusius Brenner, Porto Alegre Psychoanalytic Association (APPOA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Master in Psychology from the University of Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), in São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil. Psychologist and Psychoanalyst in training at the Porto Alegre Psychoanalytic Association (APPOA), in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Psychotherapist for children, adolescents and adults.

Gabriela Dionísio Ffner, School of Public Health of the Health Department of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (ESP/RS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Psychologist graduated from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), in São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil. Resident in Collective Mental Health at the School of Public Health of the Health Department of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (ESP/RS), in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Luísa Kirsch Bergonsi, Contemporary - Institute of Psychoanalysis and Transdisciplinarity, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Psychologist graduated from the University of Vale dos Sinos (UNISINOS), São Leopoldo, RS. Specializing in the course “Psychoanalytic Theory and Psychotherapies in Childhood and Adolescence” at Contemporâneo - Institute of Psychoanalysis and Transdisciplinarity, in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

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2024-10-11

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Röhnelt Ramires, V. R., Brusius Brenner, E., Dionísio Ffner, G., & Kirsch Bergonsi, L. (2024). Evaluation of Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Therapeutic Processes: Preliminary Validation of Instrument. Psico, 55(1), e41245. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2024.1.41245

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