Development of the Psychotherapist Character Virtues (PCV) Interview.

IF 2.6 1区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2024-05-22 DOI:10.1080/10503307.2024.2352735

Pirjo Lehtovuori, Olavi Lindfors, Asko Tolvanen, Erkki Heinonen

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Abstract

Objective: To develop an interview-based rating method for assessing therapists' beneficial character traits and evaluate its reliability and validity.

Method: The semi-structured Psychotherapist Character Virtues (PCV) interview and evaluation method, based on Erik Erikson's and Heinz Kohut's writings on 16 virtues or abilities and achievements of an adult self, was administered to 68 psychodynamic and solution-focused therapists. Inter-rater reliability was assessed based on 20 videorecorded interviews, rated by two evaluators. In a mixed-methods design, validity was investigated against (i) therapist's questionnaire-based self-reported professional and personal background characteristics and (ii) a qualitative content analysis of emotional atmosphere in the interview.

Results: Interrater reliability for individual 16 virtues was acceptable (median correlation .72). From individual virtues, three principal components (Creative Will, Empathy, and Love/Care) emerged with good/excellent internal consistency (component determinacies .95, .85, and .90, respectively) and criterion validity with self-reported professional and personal characteristics. Cluster analysis of therapists' component scores yielded six different therapist character profiles. In qualitative analysis, character profiles meaningfully differed in their impact on the interview's emotional atmosphere.

Conclusion: PCV appears promising for evaluating therapists' character virtues, posited to undergird therapists' sensitive attunement and responsiveness. Further research is needed on PCV's predictive validity for therapeutic relationships and outcomes.

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开发心理治疗师品德（PCV）访谈。

目的开发一种基于访谈的评级方法，用于评估治疗师的有益性格特征，并评估其信度和效度：根据埃里克-埃里克森（Erik Erikson）和海因茨-科胡特（Heinz Kohut）关于成人自我的 16 种美德或能力和成就的著作，对 68 名心理动力学和以解决问题为中心的治疗师进行了半结构化的心理治疗师品德（PCV）访谈和评估方法。根据 20 个录像访谈，由两名评估者进行评分，评估了评分者之间的可靠性。在混合方法设计中，根据（i）治疗师基于问卷自我报告的专业和个人背景特征和（ii）访谈中情绪氛围的定性内容分析对有效性进行了调查：结果：16 种美德的相互间可靠性是可以接受的（中位数相关性为 0.72）。从单个美德中产生了三个主成分（创造性意志、移情和爱/关怀），具有良好/出色的内部一致性（成分确定性分别为 0.95、0.85 和 0.90），并与自我报告的专业和个人特征具有标准效度。对治疗师的成分得分进行聚类分析，得出了六种不同的治疗师性格特征。在定性分析中，性格特征在对访谈情感氛围的影响方面存在显著差异：PCV 在评估治疗师的性格美德方面似乎很有前途，它被认为是治疗师敏锐体察和反应能力的基础。PCV 对治疗关系和治疗结果的预测有效性还需要进一步研究。

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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.