https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2014.161

Analysis of the Process in Brief Psychotherapy Group: The Role of Therapeutic Factors

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2014)
Published: March 1, 2015
therapeutic process, therapeutic factors, interdependence, group as Object-Self
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Cristina Marogna
Floriana Caccamo
florianacaccamo@virgilio.it
In all group therapeutic processes, there are interacting and interdependent mechanisms and changing conditions: the therapeutic factors (Corsini & Rosenberg, 1955; Yalom, 1995). These factors are intrinsic to the therapeutic process and unrelated to the type of group (Rorhbaugh & Bartels, 1975). The present study examines the factor structure of the questionnaire Factors Aspecific and Specific in the Group Therapy (FAT.A.S.-G.; Marogna, 2009), designed to investigate specific and non-specific therapeutic factors. The questionnaire was administered to 167 patients involved in a short-term psychotherapy group. The factor analysis identified two main dimensions: interdependence and the group as Object-Self. The Cronbach Alpha coefficients range from .88 to .93, showing high internal consistency between items.

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Cristina Marogna
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and
Applied Psychology (FISSPA), Padua, Italy
Floriana Caccamo
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and
Applied Psychology (FISSPA), Padua, Italy

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Marogna, C., & Caccamo, F. (2015). Analysis of the Process in Brief Psychotherapy Group: The Role of Therapeutic Factors. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 17(1), 43–51. https://doi.org/10.4081/ripppo.2014.161

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