PMID- 19513933 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121022 LR - 20191210 IS - 1502-4725 (Electronic) IS - 0803-9488 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 5 DP - 2009 TI - Do gender and level of relational functioning influence the long-term treatment response in dynamic psychotherapy? PG - 412-9 LID - 10.1080/08039480903009126 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Gender as a moderator of long-term treatment effects has to a very little extent been explored in individual psychotherapy. We have previously reported a short-term difference in treatment-response to transference interpretations between women with poor relational functioning (low Quality of Object Relations Scale; low QOR) and men with good relational functioning (high QOR). The present study focuses on whether there also is a sustained difference in treatment-response between those two subgroups. MATERIAL AND METHOD: In the First Experimental Study of Transference-interpretations (FEST), patients (n=100) were randomized to receive dynamic psychotherapy over 1 year with either a moderate level of transference interpretations or no transference interpretations. Assessments were made at pre-treatment, mid-treatment, post-treatment, and at 1- and 3-year follow-ups. The outcome measures used were the Psychodynamic Functioning Scales (PFS), Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-C), Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and Symptom Checklist-90 (GSI). Change was assessed using linear-mixed models. RESULTS: In the moderator analyses, women with low QOR showed a significant positive long-term treatment effect of transference interpretation (P=0.005), while men with high QOR responded equally well to both therapies. CONCLUSION: Women with poor relational functioning and men with good relational functioning showed sustained different treatment-response to transference interpretations. FAU - Ulberg, Randi AU - Ulberg R AD - Department of Psychiatry, PO Box 85, Vinderen Diakonhjemmet Hospital, N-0319 Oslo, Norway. Randi.Ulberg@medisin.uio.no FAU - Marble, Alice AU - Marble A FAU - Hoglend, Per AU - Hoglend P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Nord J Psychiatry JT - Nordic journal of psychiatry JID - 100927567 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mental Disorders/*physiopathology/*therapy MH - Object Attachment MH - Outcome Assessment, Health Care MH - Psychotherapy/*methods MH - Sex Factors MH - Transference, Psychology MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2009/06/11 09:00 MHDA- 2012/10/23 06:00 CRDT- 2009/06/11 09:00 PHST- 2009/06/11 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/06/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/23 06:00 [medline] AID - 912304865 [pii] AID - 10.1080/08039480903009126 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nord J Psychiatry. 2009;63(5):412-9. doi: 10.1080/08039480903009126.