Innovative Moments in Group Therapy: Analyzing voices of group change

García-Martínez, Jesús; Maestre-Castillo, D.; Payán-Bravo, M. A.; Fernández‐Navarro, Pablo

doi:10.1080/10720537.2020.1717143

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“…As also shown by descriptive analyses, the most frequent category was individual IMs . From this perspective, the results are mainly in agreement with the previous adaptation studies (Esposito et al, 2022, 2023; Esposito, Ribeiro, Gonçalves, et al, 2017; Garcia-Martínez et al, 2021) that found a higher occurrence of individual IMs in comparison with group IMs. This is an expected finding, as we conceptualized the IM categories as hierarchically organized, with individual IMs (more specifically, self-directed IMs) representing the “building blocks” of narrative change in groups.…”

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“…Self-directed IMs are produced by clients to refer to their own change; other-directed IMs are produced by a client but refer to change in another group member; and group-directed IMs are produced by a client and refer to change in the entire group. Garcia-Martínez et al (2021) extended the previous IM categories by proposing another coding scheme comprising four IM categories divided into two macrocategories: individual IMs and group IMs (the latter comprises Interaction 1 , Interaction 2 , and collective IMs):Individual IMs coincide with self-directed IMs;Interaction 1 IMs refer to a narrative sequence in which two or more participants narrate about a change in one of the participants in the interaction;Interaction 2 IMs consist of a narrative sequence in which two or more participants produce IMs that refer to a change in the participant who started the interaction;Collective IMs are a narrative sequence in which two or more participants refer to their own change.…”

Section: The Innovative Moments Coding System (Imcs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Esposito, Ribeiro, Gonçalves, et al (2017) proposed new categories that allowed changes related to other group members or the entire group to be coded, but only produced by a single individual. Based on these limitations, Garcia-Martínez et al (2021) identified new IM categories that allowed for coding the changes produced through the interactive exchanges of the group members, but the new categories did not allow the detection of changes related to the group as a whole.…”

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Reliability of the innovative moments coding system for groups and the association between markers of change and outcomes.

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et al. 2024

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

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Objective: This observational study aims to analyze the reliability of the innovative moments coding system for groups (IMCS-G), developed to respond to the need for reliable measures to detect markers of change in group interventions. The IMCS-G represents an adaptation of the innovative moments coding system, which is used in individual psychotherapy to assess innovative moments (IMs), that is, change in meanings that contrast with the clients' problematic patterns. The second aim is to examine the evolution of IMs throughout group counseling sessions in members who improved versus those who did not improve. Method:The IMCS-G consists of seven IM categories, grouped into two macrocategories: individual and group IMs. The IMCS-G was applied to the transcripts of 36 sessions from four counseling groups for underachieving university students (N = 25). Two trained raters coded the transcripts according to IMCS-G procedures. The agreement between the raters and the reliability of the IM categories were calculated. The efficacy of the counseling groups was measured in terms of the improvement in the students' academic performance, reflective functioning, and psychological well-being. Multilevel models were performed to study the associations between the emergence of IMs throughout the sessions and the improvement in outcomes. Results: Results showed that IMCS-G was highly reliable (agreement = 84.10%-96.85%; Cohen's kappa = .85-.99) and that the students who improved in academic performance produced more IMs (β = .42, t = 1.99, p = .048). Conclusions: Findings suggest that the IMCS-G is a reliable system able to detect markers of change associated with academic outcomes. Highlights and Implications• The innovative moments coding system for groups (IMCS-G) is a reliable system able to detect markers of change in group interventions.• The IMCS-G responds to the need for process measures that allow to analyze change at intraindividual, interindividual, and group level.• Innovative moments (IMs) production is associated to a better outcome in terms of improvements in academic performance.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: The Innovative Moments Coding System (Imcs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Innovative Moments Coding System (Imcs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reliability of the innovative moments coding system for groups and the association between markers of change and outcomes.

Esposito,

Cutolo,

Passeggia

et al. 2024

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

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“…IMs are exceptions to the clients' problematic narratives, organized in different levels of complexity in terms of meaning elaboration (Level 1, 2, and 3). The IMCS-G originates from previous coding schemes (Esposito et al, 2017;Garcia-Martínez et al, 2020) Furthermore, despite some differences in the frequency of IMCS-G categories and Levels, in both interventions, there was a higher frequency of Self-Directed IMs, a lower frequency of the Explicit Mirroring IMs, and a higher frequency of Level 3 Group IMs. Conclusions:…”

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confidence: 93%