Patterns of Change in Interpersonal Problems During and After Short-term and Long-term Psychodynamic Group Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Fjeldstad, Anette S.; Høglend, Per; Lorentzen, Steinar

doi:10.1080/10503307.2015.1102357

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“…In addition, they predict response rates and treatment outcome in psychotherapy (Newman, Jacobson, Erickson, & Fisher, 2017;Renner et al, 2012). Unfortunately, efforts to reduce interpersonal problems may require sophisticated strategies because interpersonal patterns are difficult to change (Fjeldstad, Høglend, & Lorentzen, 2017;Liebherz & Rabung, 2014;Maling, Gurtman, & Howard, 1995).…”

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Improvements in mentalization predict improvements in interpersonal distress in patients with mental disorders

Hayden

Müllauer

Gaugeler³

et al. 2018

J Clin Psychol

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ObjectivesAssociations between interpersonal problems and mentalization have rarely been investigated. In this study, we explored patterns of interpersonal problems, mentalization, symptom severity, and attachment during inpatient treatment and at follow‐up. Additionally, we investigated whether mentalization predicts a decrease in interpersonal distress.Method We analyzed time‐series data from patients with mental disorders. Data were collected at the beginning and at the end of inpatient treatment, and approximately 6 months after discharge from hospital.ResultsPatterns of correlations were stable from admission to the hospital until follow‐up. Treatment significantly increased the levels of mentalization and decreased the levels of interpersonal problems and symptom severity, whereas attachment was only partially targeted. Improvements in mentalization significantly predicted reduction in interpersonal distress at each point in time.ConclusionResults revealed characteristic patterns of interpersonal problems, mentalization, symptom severity, and attachment. Mentalization was found to play a key role in the reduction of interpersonal distress.

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Improvements in mentalization predict improvements in interpersonal distress in patients with mental disorders

Hayden

Müllauer

Gaugeler³

et al. 2018

J Clin Psychol

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“…Group analysis is not radically different from the interpersonal group psychotherapy approaches more common for American therapists (Yalom & Leszcz, 2005), as both approaches relate to working in the here-and-now and apply a group-as-a-whole perspective in the therapeutic processes (Leszcz, 2014). Lorentzen, Ruud, Fjeldstad, and Høglend (2013) and Fjeldstad, Høglend, & Lorentzen (2017) have provided evidence that this form of group therapy is effective in reducing interpersonal problems among patients with affective, anxiety and personality disorders. The small experiential groups in this study were partly an arena for trainees to observe an experienced group therapist in action, but it was also an experience of working therapeutically with their own interpersonal or intrapsychic problems.…”

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The role of attachment anxiety and avoidance for reduced interpersonal problems in training group analytic therapy.

Leitemo

Vestbø

Bakali

et al. 2020

Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice

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The aim of the current study was to explore whether measures of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance in group leaders, trainees, and other group members in experiential group analytic psychotherapy predicted change in interpersonal distress among the trainees. The study included 54 group members (trainees) and 8 group leaders involved in a group therapist training program which included experiential group psychotherapy in small groups. The participants completed the Circumplex of Interpersonal Problems before and after participating in the groups and the Experiences in Close Relationships (measure of attachment) just prior to the study period. Because of the hierarchical nature of the data, we used multilevel modeling to analyze the impact of attachment dimensions on change in interpersonal problems of the trainees. Results indicate that lower attachment anxiety in the group leader, in the individual trainee and in the average of other members in the group predicted a greater reduction in trainee interpersonal distress, whereas attachment avoidance was unrelated to outcome. Thus, the influence of low attachment anxiety on reducing interpersonal distress was valid across the multiple member-member and member-leader relationships within the experiential groups. For pregroup preparations, these findings may increase the relevance of considering attachment anxiety in group member selection and group composition.

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“…The findings of the present study could prove useful in clinical/counseling practice with young adults, providing a framework for understanding the mechanisms through which problems of intimacy are presented during this developmental stage. Besides, relationship issues are among the most frequent reasons for which people seek counseling (Fjeldstad et al, 2017). The recognition of anxiety interaction patterns is useful since they seem to be linked to the reduction of difficulties resulting from those patterns (Mikami et al, 2015).…”

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The Effect of Rejection Sensitivity on Fear of Intimacy in Emerging Adulthood

Giovazolias

Paschalidi

2022

European Journal of Psychology Open

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Abstract. Background: This research examined fear of intimacy during emerging adulthood. We attempted to determine whether rejection sensitivity has any effect on fear of intimacy through the mediational effect of interpersonal anxiety. We also assumed that remembered parental acceptance can have a buffering effect on the above relationships. Methods: The sample was composed of 679 (280 male and 399 female) university students. Data collection was accomplished through the use of self-report questionnaires, which measured rejection sensitivity, fear of intimacy, interpersonal anxiety, and remembered parental acceptance. Analyses of mediation and moderation effects variables were conducted through the use of the PROCESS statistical software. Results: Analysis showed that there is a partial meditational effect of interpersonal anxiety on the relationship of rejection sensitivity to fear of intimacy. Further, remembered maternal acceptance had a protective effect on the development of fear of intimacy in young women who are sensitive to rejection and have high interpersonal anxiety. Discussion: Rejection sensitivity seems to have an effect on the development of fear of intimacy through increasing interpersonal anxiety, especially in females. These relationships seem to be moderated by maternal acceptance. Conclusion: Student counselling would be beneficial to help students in this transitional period become aware of anxious interpersonal patterns and regulate their reactivity when facing perceived rejection cues in their interpersonal relationships.

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Patterns of Change in Interpersonal Problems During and After Short-term and Long-term Psychodynamic Group Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Cited by 9 publications

References 112 publications

Improvements in mentalization predict improvements in interpersonal distress in patients with mental disorders

Improvements in mentalization predict improvements in interpersonal distress in patients with mental disorders

The role of attachment anxiety and avoidance for reduced interpersonal problems in training group analytic therapy.

The Effect of Rejection Sensitivity on Fear of Intimacy in Emerging Adulthood

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