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Measuring Verbal Psychotherapeutic Techniques—A Systematic Review of Intervention Characteristics and Measures

Language is one of the most important “tools” of psychotherapists. The working mechanisms of verbal therapeutic techniques, however, are still marginally understood. In part, this is due to the lack of a generally acknowledged typology as well as a gold standard for the assessment of verbal techniqu...

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Autores principales: Gumz, Antje, Treese, Barbara, Marx, Christopher, Strauss, Bernhard, Wendt, Hanna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26617543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01705
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author Gumz, Antje
Treese, Barbara
Marx, Christopher
Strauss, Bernhard
Wendt, Hanna
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description Language is one of the most important “tools” of psychotherapists. The working mechanisms of verbal therapeutic techniques, however, are still marginally understood. In part, this is due to the lack of a generally acknowledged typology as well as a gold standard for the assessment of verbal techniques, which limits the possibility of conducting studies focusing this topic. The present study reviews measures used in clinical research which assess directly observable dimensions of verbal interventions in a reliable manner. All measures were evaluated with respect to their theoretical foundation, research goals, assessment modes, and various psychometric properties. A systematic search in databases (PubMed, PsycInfo, PsycArticles, PSYNDEX, Web of Science, Embase) followed by an additional “snowballing” search covering the years 1940–2013 yielded n = 179 publications eligible for review. Within these publications, 34 measures were identified showing great heterogeneity regarding the aspects under study. Only two measures reached the highest psychometric standards and can be recommended for clinical use without any reservation. Central problems include deficiencies in the systematization of techniques as well as their partly ambiguous and inconsistent definitions. To promote this field of research, it will be important to achieve a consensus concerning the terminology, conceptions and measures of verbal interventions.
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spelling pubmed-46396072015-11-27 Measuring Verbal Psychotherapeutic Techniques—A Systematic Review of Intervention Characteristics and Measures Gumz, Antje Treese, Barbara Marx, Christopher Strauss, Bernhard Wendt, Hanna Front Psychol Psychology Language is one of the most important “tools” of psychotherapists. The working mechanisms of verbal therapeutic techniques, however, are still marginally understood. In part, this is due to the lack of a generally acknowledged typology as well as a gold standard for the assessment of verbal techniques, which limits the possibility of conducting studies focusing this topic. The present study reviews measures used in clinical research which assess directly observable dimensions of verbal interventions in a reliable manner. All measures were evaluated with respect to their theoretical foundation, research goals, assessment modes, and various psychometric properties. A systematic search in databases (PubMed, PsycInfo, PsycArticles, PSYNDEX, Web of Science, Embase) followed by an additional “snowballing” search covering the years 1940–2013 yielded n = 179 publications eligible for review. Within these publications, 34 measures were identified showing great heterogeneity regarding the aspects under study. Only two measures reached the highest psychometric standards and can be recommended for clinical use without any reservation. Central problems include deficiencies in the systematization of techniques as well as their partly ambiguous and inconsistent definitions. To promote this field of research, it will be important to achieve a consensus concerning the terminology, conceptions and measures of verbal interventions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4639607/ /pubmed/26617543 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01705 Text en Copyright © 2015 Gumz, Treese, Marx, Strauss and Wendt. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4639607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26617543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01705
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