PMID- 19254438 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090420 LR - 20191210 IS - 0706-7437 (Print) IS - 0706-7437 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 2 DP - 2009 Feb TI - Patient sex as moderator of effects of transference interpretation in a randomized controlled study of dynamic psychotherapy. PG - 78-86 AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine whether men and women respond differentially to brief dynamic psychotherapy, with or without transference interpretations. METHOD: Data from the First Experimental Study of Transference Interpretation were used. Patients (n = 100) were randomized to receive 2 different dynamic psychotherapies during 1 year, with either a moderate level of transference interpretations or no transference interpretations. We used the following outcome measures: the Psychodynamic Functioning Scales, Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Circumplex Version, Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and total mean score of Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (Global Severity Index [GSI]). Change was assessed using linear-mixed models. RESULTS: On average, men and women responded equally across treatments. The moderator analyses, using the 2 secondary outcome measures, GAF and GSI, demonstrated that women responded better to therapy with transference interpretations, compared with men, whereas men responded better to therapy without transference interpretations, compared with women. When the moderator sex was combined with the moderator quality of object relations (QOR), a strong effect emerged: men with high QOR showed a large negative effect of transference interpretations, and women with low QOR showed a large positive effect. CONCLUSIONS: In terms of symptom change, women responded better to therapy with transference interpretations, while men responded better to therapy without transference interpretations. Patient sex showed moderator effects over and above the moderator effects of QOR. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00423462. FAU - Ulberg, Randi AU - Ulberg R AD - Department of Psychiatry, Vinderen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, N-0319 Oslo, Norway. Randi.Ulberg@medisin.uio.no FAU - Johansson, Paul AU - Johansson P FAU - Marble, Alice AU - Marble A FAU - Hoglend, Per AU - Hoglend P LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00423462 PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Can J Psychiatry JT - Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie JID - 7904187 SB - IM EIN - Can J Psychiatry. 2009 May;54(5):350 MH - Adult MH - Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Object Attachment MH - Personality Inventory MH - *Psychoanalytic Interpretation MH - *Psychoanalytic Therapy MH - *Psychotherapy, Brief MH - Sex Factors MH - *Transference, Psychology EDAT- 2009/03/04 09:00 MHDA- 2009/04/21 09:00 CRDT- 2009/03/04 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/04 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/04 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/04/21 09:00 [medline] AID - 10.1177/070674370905400205 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Can J Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;54(2):78-86. doi: 10.1177/070674370905400205.