PMID- 23006121
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130314
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 2162-2604 (Electronic)
IS  - 2162-2590 (Linking)
VI  - 40
IP  - 2
DP  - 2012 Jun
TI  - Objective measures of subjective experience: the use of therapist notes in 
      process-outcome research.
PG  - 303-40
AB  - Computerized linguistic measures of emotional engagement, and reflective and 
      affective language, previously applied to session transcripts, were applied to 
      notes of 14 treatments by candidates under supervision at the New York 
      Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, covering the five decades from the 1950s to 
      the 1990s. The findings indicate a strong relationship between candidates' 
      subjective experience as represented unintentionally in the linguistic style of 
      their case notes and the effectiveness of their clinical work. The treatments 
      were evaluated for effectiveness by experienced clinicians using the Global 
      Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and the Psychodynamic Functioning Scales of 
      Hoglend and colleagues; a Composite Clinical Effectiveness (CCE) measure was 
      constructed based on level and change in these measures. The Mean High Weighted 
      Referential Activity Dictionary (MHW), a computerized measure of emotional 
      engagement developed in the framework of Bucci's theory of multiple coding and 
      the referential process, showed a positive correlation of .73 with CCE. The 
      Hostility subcategory of the Negative Affect Dictionary (ANH) showed a negative 
      correlation, -.48, with CCE. In a multiple regression analysis, these two 
      variables accounted for over three-quarters of the variance in the CCE. 
      Implications of the findings for process/outcome research and supervision and 
      evaluation of trainees are discussed.
FAU - Bucci, Wilma
AU  - Bucci W
AD  - Derner Institute, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY 11530, USA.
FAU - Maskit, Bernard
AU  - Maskit B
FAU - Hoffman, Leon
AU  - Hoffman L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Psychodyn Psychiatry
JT  - Psychodynamic psychiatry
JID - 101580621
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Communication
MH  - Emotions
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Language
MH  - Linguistics
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - New York
MH  - Outcome Assessment, Health Care/*methods
MH  - *Professional-Patient Relations
MH  - *Psychotherapeutic Processes
MH  - Psychotherapy/methods
MH  - Software
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/09/26 06:00
MHDA- 2013/03/15 06:00
CRDT- 2012/09/26 06:00
PHST- 2012/09/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/09/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/03/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1521/pdps.2012.40.2.303 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;40(2):303-40. doi: 10.1521/pdps.2012.40.2.303.