Effects of individual cohesion and patient interpersonal style on outcome in psychodynamically oriented inpatient group psychotherapy

• Verfasst von: Dinger, Ulrike [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Schauenburg, Henning [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Effects of individual cohesion and patient interpersonal style on outcome in psychodynamically oriented inpatient group psychotherapy
• Verf.angabe: Ulrike Dinger & Henning Schauenburg
• Jahr: 2010
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Published online: 24 Jul 2009 ; Gesehen am 06.02.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Psychotherapy research
• Ort Quelle: London [u.a.] : Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, 1991
• Jahr Quelle: 2010
• Band/Heft Quelle: 20(2010), 1, Seite 22-29
• ISSN Quelle: 1468-4381
• DOI: doi:10.1080/10503300902855514
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: group psychotherapy
• Sach-SW: inpatient psychotherapy
• Sach-SW: interpersonal problems
• Sach-SW: process research
• K10plus-PPN: 183326018X

Abstract

The influence of patients' interpersonal traits in interaction with experienced individual cohesion (i.e., each patient's feeling of belonging to the group) was investigated in a sample of 327 inpatients with mixed diagnoses. High cohesion and an increase in cohesion emerged as predictive for symptom improvement in a multilevel regression model. This influence was moderated by the affiliation dimension: In dismissive patients, an increase of cohesion over the course of treatment was helpful; in affiliative patients, symptom improvement was correlated with a slight decrease of cohesion. The findings highlight the therapeutic importance of group therapy and point to the differential influence of individually experienced group cohesion.