Who are the skilled therapists? Associations between personal characteristics and interpersonal skills of future psychotherapists.

IF 2.6 1区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-09-18 DOI:10.1080/10503307.2023.2259072

Antje Gumz, Merle Longley, Fabian Franken, Bernd Janning, Georg Hosoya, Leonie Derwahl, Denise Kästner

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Abstract

Objective: Facilitative interpersonal skills (FIS) are a promising variable to explain the so-called therapist effect. We aimed to investigate associations between observer-rated interpersonal skills and self-reported personal characteristics of future therapists.

Method: In this cross-sectional observational study, psychology students and trainee therapists completed self-report personality and sociodemographic questionnaires as well as the FIS Performance Task (German version, observer-rated). Mixed multilevel model analysis was conducted with FIS total mean score (mean value of 312 individual ratings [13 video-clips, 8 FIS-items, 3 raters]) as dependent variable, therapist ID and FIS clip ID as random effects and 15 therapist variables as fixed effects.

Results: In the present sample consisting of 177 participants (age: M = 29.8 years (SD = 7.3), [18,59]; 79.1% female, 20.9% male) greater therapists' experience level, male gender and lower levels of alexithymia were predictive for higher FIS score when statistically controlling for other therapist variables in the model. Age, self-reported childhood maltreatment, attachment style, emotion regulation and self-concept variables turned out to be unrelated.

Conclusion: The results can inform psychotherapy training programs. They specifically support the importance of addressing therapists' potential difficulties in recognizing and verbalizing emotions. This is in line with theoretical literature on alliance ruptures and premises of the Alliance-focused training.

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谁是技术娴熟的治疗师？未来心理治疗师的个人特征与人际交往技能之间的关联。

目的：促进性人际交往技能（FIS）是一个很有希望解释所谓治疗师效应的变量。我们旨在调查观察者评价的人际交往技能与未来治疗师自我报告的个人特征之间的关联：在这项横断面观察研究中，心理学专业学生和实习治疗师填写了自我报告人格和社会人口调查问卷以及 FIS 表演任务（德语版，观察者评分）。以 FIS 总平均分（312 个评分的平均值[13 个视频片段、8 个 FIS 项目、3 个评分者]）为因变量，治疗师 ID 和 FIS 片段 ID 为随机效应，15 个治疗师变量为固定效应，进行了混合多层次模型分析：在本研究的 177 位参与者样本中（年龄：M = 29.8 岁（SD = 7.3），[18,59]；79.1% 为女性，20.9% 为男性），当统计控制了模型中的其他治疗师变量后，治疗师的经验水平越高、男性性别越大、亚历山大症程度越低，则 FIS 得分越高。年龄、自我报告的童年受虐待情况、依恋风格、情绪调节和自我概念等变量则与之无关：这些结果可以为心理治疗培训计划提供参考。结论：研究结果可为心理治疗培训计划提供参考，特别是支持了解决治疗师在识别和口头表达情绪方面的潜在困难的重要性。这与有关联盟破裂的理论文献以及以联盟为重点的培训前提是一致的。

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Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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期刊介绍： Psychotherapy Research seeks to enhance the development, scientific quality, and social relevance of psychotherapy research and to foster the use of research findings in practice, education, and policy formulation. The Journal publishes reports of original research on all aspects of psychotherapy, including its outcomes, its processes, education of practitioners, and delivery of services. It also publishes methodological, theoretical, and review articles of direct relevance to psychotherapy research. The Journal is addressed to an international, interdisciplinary audience and welcomes submissions dealing with diverse theoretical orientations, treatment modalities.