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  • Humanistic experience and psychodynamic understanding: empirical associations among facets of self-actualization and Psychological Mindedness
    Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 2014
    Co-Authors: Mark Beitel, John J. Cecero, Lana M. Wald, Adia Midgett, Dovid Green, Ronit Kishon, Declan T. Barry
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to investigate empirical connections between humanistic psychology and psychoanalysis by exploring a single measurable construct from each discipline. Specifically, we examined the relationship between self-actualization (SA) and Psychological Mindedness (PM). A cross-sectional design was selected to explore interrelations among study variables at a single timepoint. The participants were 204 students enrolled at midsize Eastern (Fordham) and Western (Boise State) US universities. Participant volunteers filled out the following measures: the Psychological Mindedness Scale (PM Scale), the Balanced Index of Psychological Mindedness (BPIM), the Brief Index of Self-Actualization – Revised (BISA-R), and the Short Index of Self-Actualization (SISA) along with a demographic form. SA and PM were not affected by demographic variables of age, gender, or ethnicity/race but were strongly and positively associated with one another. This study establishes empirical connections between humanist...

  • Do Psychologically-minded clients expect more from counselling?
    Psychology and psychotherapy, 2009
    Co-Authors: Mark Beitel, John J. Cecero, Aida Hutz, Kristin M. Sheffield, Chris Gunn, Declan T. Barry
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between Psychological Mindedness and clients' expectations about counselling. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables. Participants were 104 counselling-centre clients at a mid-size, Southwestern US university. Participant volunteers filled out the Psychological Mindedness Scale, life orientation test-revised (LOT-R), and the expectations-about-counselling questionnaire. Clients who reported higher levels of Psychological Mindedness (PM) reported greater expectations of self-involvement in counselling and greater expectations of positive outcome. In contrast, PM was not significantly related to clients' expectations about their counsellors' in-session behaviour or to expectations about their counsellors' general personality style. Dispositional optimism (LOT-R) did not play a major role in the relationship between PM and expectations about counselling. High PM clients do seem to expect more from counselling than low PM clients, particularly in terms of self-involvement in the process and with respect to positive outcome. Consequently, therapists should consider assessing clients' PM, expectations, and the relationship between PM and expectations.

  • Do Psychologically‐minded clients expect more from counselling?
    Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice, 2009
    Co-Authors: Mark Beitel, John J. Cecero, Aida Hutz, Kristin M. Sheffield, Chris Gunn, Declan T. Barry
    Abstract:

    Objectives. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between Psychological Mindedness and clients' expectations about counselling. Design. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables. Methods. Participants were 104 counselling-centre clients at a mid-size, Southwestern US university. Participant volunteers filled out the Psychological Mindedness Scale, life orientation test-revised (LOT-R), and the expectations-about-counselling questionnaire. Results. Clients who reported higher levels of Psychological Mindedness (PM) reported greater expectations of self-involvement in counselling and greater expectations of positive outcome. In contrast, PM was not significantly related to clients' expectations about their counsellors' in-session behaviour or to expectations about their counsellors' general personality style. Dispositional optimism (LOT-R) did not play a major role in the relationship between PM and expectations about counselling. Conclusions. High PM clients do seem to expect more from counselling than low PM clients, particularly in terms of self-involvement in the process and with respect to positive outcome. Consequently, therapists should consider assessing clients' PM, expectations, and the relationship between PM and expectations.

  • Exploring the relationships among early maladaptive schemas, Psychological Mindedness and self-reported college adjustment.
    Psychology and psychotherapy, 2008
    Co-Authors: John J. Cecero, Mark Beitel, Tracy Prout
    Abstract:

    The primary aim of this research was to study the statistical effects of Psychological Mindedness (PM) upon the relationship between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and self-reported college adjustment. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables and to assess the role of PM as moderator or mediator in the relationship between EMS and adjustment. Into this study, 264 undergraduate students were recruited in partial fulfilment of research requirements in introductory psychology class. Participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire, the Psychological Mindedness Scale and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. At the level of bivariate correlations, EMS were inversely associated with college adjustment and with PM, and PM was positively associated with adjustment. In a multiple regression equation with PM and EMS entered separately and then as an interaction term as predictors of adjustment, PM was not a significant moderator. However, in a path analysis, the indirect effect of EMS on adjustment through PM was significant, suggesting that PM is a significant mediator. These findings suggest that the assessment of EMS and PM may enhance an understanding of problems with college adjustment and that interventions to reduce the negative effects of EMS may indeed benefit from efforts to improve PM and its correlates.

  • Exploring the relationships among early maladaptive schemas, Psychological Mindedness and self-reported college adjustment.
    Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice, 2008
    Co-Authors: John J. Cecero, Mark Beitel, Tracy Prout
    Abstract:

    Objectives. The primary aim of this research was to study the statistical effects of Psychological Mindedness (PM) upon the relationship between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and self-reported college adjustment. Design. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables and to assess the role of PM as moderator or mediator in the relationship between EMS and adjustment. Methods. Into this study, 264 undergraduate students were recruited in partial fulfilment of research requirements in introductory psychology class. Participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire, the Psychological Mindedness Scale and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. Results. At the level of bivariate correlations, EMS were inversely associated with college adjustment and with PM, and PM was positively associated with adjustment. In a multiple regression equation with PM and EMS entered separately and then as an interaction term as predictors of adjustment, PM was not a significant moderator. However, in a path analysis, the indirect effect of EMS on adjustment through PM was significant, suggesting that PM is a significant mediator. Conclusions. These findings suggest that the assessment of EMS and PM may enhance an understanding of problems with college adjustment and that interventions to reduce the negative effects of EMS may indeed benefit from efforts to improve PM and its correlates.

Mark Beitel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Humanistic experience and psychodynamic understanding: empirical associations among facets of self-actualization and Psychological Mindedness
    Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 2014
    Co-Authors: Mark Beitel, John J. Cecero, Lana M. Wald, Adia Midgett, Dovid Green, Ronit Kishon, Declan T. Barry
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to investigate empirical connections between humanistic psychology and psychoanalysis by exploring a single measurable construct from each discipline. Specifically, we examined the relationship between self-actualization (SA) and Psychological Mindedness (PM). A cross-sectional design was selected to explore interrelations among study variables at a single timepoint. The participants were 204 students enrolled at midsize Eastern (Fordham) and Western (Boise State) US universities. Participant volunteers filled out the following measures: the Psychological Mindedness Scale (PM Scale), the Balanced Index of Psychological Mindedness (BPIM), the Brief Index of Self-Actualization – Revised (BISA-R), and the Short Index of Self-Actualization (SISA) along with a demographic form. SA and PM were not affected by demographic variables of age, gender, or ethnicity/race but were strongly and positively associated with one another. This study establishes empirical connections between humanist...

  • Do Psychologically-minded clients expect more from counselling?
    Psychology and psychotherapy, 2009
    Co-Authors: Mark Beitel, John J. Cecero, Aida Hutz, Kristin M. Sheffield, Chris Gunn, Declan T. Barry
    Abstract:

    The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between Psychological Mindedness and clients' expectations about counselling. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables. Participants were 104 counselling-centre clients at a mid-size, Southwestern US university. Participant volunteers filled out the Psychological Mindedness Scale, life orientation test-revised (LOT-R), and the expectations-about-counselling questionnaire. Clients who reported higher levels of Psychological Mindedness (PM) reported greater expectations of self-involvement in counselling and greater expectations of positive outcome. In contrast, PM was not significantly related to clients' expectations about their counsellors' in-session behaviour or to expectations about their counsellors' general personality style. Dispositional optimism (LOT-R) did not play a major role in the relationship between PM and expectations about counselling. High PM clients do seem to expect more from counselling than low PM clients, particularly in terms of self-involvement in the process and with respect to positive outcome. Consequently, therapists should consider assessing clients' PM, expectations, and the relationship between PM and expectations.

  • Do Psychologically‐minded clients expect more from counselling?
    Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice, 2009
    Co-Authors: Mark Beitel, John J. Cecero, Aida Hutz, Kristin M. Sheffield, Chris Gunn, Declan T. Barry
    Abstract:

    Objectives. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between Psychological Mindedness and clients' expectations about counselling. Design. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables. Methods. Participants were 104 counselling-centre clients at a mid-size, Southwestern US university. Participant volunteers filled out the Psychological Mindedness Scale, life orientation test-revised (LOT-R), and the expectations-about-counselling questionnaire. Results. Clients who reported higher levels of Psychological Mindedness (PM) reported greater expectations of self-involvement in counselling and greater expectations of positive outcome. In contrast, PM was not significantly related to clients' expectations about their counsellors' in-session behaviour or to expectations about their counsellors' general personality style. Dispositional optimism (LOT-R) did not play a major role in the relationship between PM and expectations about counselling. Conclusions. High PM clients do seem to expect more from counselling than low PM clients, particularly in terms of self-involvement in the process and with respect to positive outcome. Consequently, therapists should consider assessing clients' PM, expectations, and the relationship between PM and expectations.

  • Exploring the relationships among early maladaptive schemas, Psychological Mindedness and self-reported college adjustment.
    Psychology and psychotherapy, 2008
    Co-Authors: John J. Cecero, Mark Beitel, Tracy Prout
    Abstract:

    The primary aim of this research was to study the statistical effects of Psychological Mindedness (PM) upon the relationship between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and self-reported college adjustment. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables and to assess the role of PM as moderator or mediator in the relationship between EMS and adjustment. Into this study, 264 undergraduate students were recruited in partial fulfilment of research requirements in introductory psychology class. Participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire, the Psychological Mindedness Scale and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. At the level of bivariate correlations, EMS were inversely associated with college adjustment and with PM, and PM was positively associated with adjustment. In a multiple regression equation with PM and EMS entered separately and then as an interaction term as predictors of adjustment, PM was not a significant moderator. However, in a path analysis, the indirect effect of EMS on adjustment through PM was significant, suggesting that PM is a significant mediator. These findings suggest that the assessment of EMS and PM may enhance an understanding of problems with college adjustment and that interventions to reduce the negative effects of EMS may indeed benefit from efforts to improve PM and its correlates.

  • Exploring the relationships among early maladaptive schemas, Psychological Mindedness and self-reported college adjustment.
    Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice, 2008
    Co-Authors: John J. Cecero, Mark Beitel, Tracy Prout
    Abstract:

    Objectives. The primary aim of this research was to study the statistical effects of Psychological Mindedness (PM) upon the relationship between early maladaptive schemas (EMS) and self-reported college adjustment. Design. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess correlations among study variables and to assess the role of PM as moderator or mediator in the relationship between EMS and adjustment. Methods. Into this study, 264 undergraduate students were recruited in partial fulfilment of research requirements in introductory psychology class. Participants completed the Young Schema Questionnaire, the Psychological Mindedness Scale and the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire. Results. At the level of bivariate correlations, EMS were inversely associated with college adjustment and with PM, and PM was positively associated with adjustment. In a multiple regression equation with PM and EMS entered separately and then as an interaction term as predictors of adjustment, PM was not a significant moderator. However, in a path analysis, the indirect effect of EMS on adjustment through PM was significant, suggesting that PM is a significant mediator. Conclusions. These findings suggest that the assessment of EMS and PM may enhance an understanding of problems with college adjustment and that interventions to reduce the negative effects of EMS may indeed benefit from efforts to improve PM and its correlates.

William E Piper - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • individual goal achievement in group psychotherapy the roles of Psychological Mindedness and group process in interpretive and supportive therapy for complicated grief
    Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2019
    Co-Authors: David Kealy, John S Ogrodniczuk, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, Rene Weideman
    Abstract:

    The ability to infer Psychological meaning in behaviour-referred to as Psychological Mindedness-has been posited as a patient characteristic that contributes to the therapy process and consequently to therapeutic success. The present study was developed to examine the relationship between patients' Psychological Mindedness and improvement in patients' personal treatment goals in interpretive and supportive group therapies for complicated grief, along with patients' importance to group process. The study was conducted with a clinical sample of 109 patients (79% female; average 45 years old) receiving treatment for complicated grief. Patients provided severity of distress ratings for individual target objectives at pretreatment and posttreatment. Psychological Mindedness was assessed prior to treatment using the video-based, interviewer-rated Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure. Patients' importance to the therapy process was rated by therapists and other patients in interpretive and supportive group therapy for complicated grief. Conditional process modelling tested whether Psychological Mindedness would contribute to patients' goal achievement through patients' importance to group process, moderated by type of therapy. A significant, conditional indirect effect was observed for Psychological Mindedness as a predictor of improvement in individual target objectives, through patients' importance to group process as rated by therapists, specifically in interpretive therapy. The findings indicate that patients' Psychological Mindedness significantly contributes to their achievement of individual goals through their contributions to group process in interpretive group therapy. Further research is needed to understand the facilitation of individual goal achievement in supportive therapy.

  • Psychological Mindedness and Psychotherapy Process in Short-Term Group Therapy
    Psychodynamic psychiatry, 2017
    Co-Authors: David Kealy, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, Carlos A. Sierra-hernandez, Rene Weideman, John S Ogrodniczuk
    Abstract:

    Psychological Mindedness is regarded as an important patient characteristic that can influence the course of psychotherapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between patients' capacity for Psychological Mindedness and aspects of the group psychotherapy process as experienced and rated by therapists and other group members. Participants were 110 patients who completed two forms of short-term group therapy for the treatment of complicated grief. Psychological Mindedness was assessed at pretreatment by external raters using a video-interview procedure. Group therapists assessed patients' therapeutic work and therapeutic alliance following each group therapy session. Therapists and other group members rated each patient's expression of emotion and provided appraisals of their cohesion to each patient throughout the course of therapy. Psychological Mindedness was found to be positively associated with several group process variables as rated by the therapist and other group members.

  • relationships among Psychological Mindedness alexithymia and outcome in four forms of short term psychotherapy
    Psychology and Psychotherapy-theory Research and Practice, 2003
    Co-Authors: Mary Mccallum, John S Ogrodniczuk, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce
    Abstract:

    This study explored the relative strength of two patient characteristics, Psychological Mindedness (PM) and alexithymia, as predictors of psychotherapy outcome. Data were provided by two comparative trials of interpretive versus supportive therapy. One involved short-term group therapy for 107 outpatients with complicated grief. The other involved short-term individual therapy for 144 outpatients of mixed diagnoses. Prior to beginning therapy, patients were assessed for PM using the Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure and for alexithymia using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. For both trials, the association between PM and alexithymia was small and non-significant. The therapy approach (interpretive vs. supportive) did not differentially affect the relationship between either predictor variable and outcome. There were significant direct relationships between PM and favourable outcome, and between alexithymia and favourable outcome in both trials. There was an additive relationship between PM and alexithymia in predicting outcome. Implications of these results are discussed.

  • Psychological Mindedness : a contemporary understanding
    Psychotherapy Research, 1999
    Co-Authors: Mary Mccallum, William E Piper
    Abstract:

    Self-Report Measures of Psychological Mindedness, H.R. Conte and R. Ratto The Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure, M. McCallum and W.E. Piper Assessing the Psychological Mindedness of Children and Adolescents, R.L. Hatcher and S.L. Hatcher Alexithymia, G.J. Taylor and H.L. Taylor Self-Consciousness and its Relation to Psychological Mindedness, A. Fenigstein Personal Intelligence, L.C. Park and T.J. Park Psychological Mindedness as "Reading Between the Lines", S.J. Dollinger Social Perspective Taking, R. Menna and N. Cohen Psychological Mindedness is Psychotherapies, B.A. Farber and V. Golden Integration of Psychological Mindedness and Related Concepts, M. McCallum and W.E. Piper.

  • Predicting patient benefit from a group-oriented, evening treatment program.
    International journal of group psychotherapy, 1997
    Co-Authors: Mary Mccallum, William E Piper, John G. O'kelly
    Abstract:

    Patients with coexisting mood and personality disorders are a challenge to service care providers who offer treatment. The response of 190 patients with one or both disorders to an intensive group-oriented evening treatment program was investigated. Benefit was assessed using factors derived from pre-post outcome measures and from general impressions of program usefulness. A predictive model consisting of patient levels of Psychological Mindedness and psychodynamic work was applied. Results indicated that Psychological Mindedness was significantly related to psychodynamic work in the program, and work was related to general impressions of program usefulness. These results cross-validated findings from a previous study of a day-treatment program. Restricted range may have prevented finding significant results for the pre-post outcome factors. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed.

Anthony S Joyce - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • individual goal achievement in group psychotherapy the roles of Psychological Mindedness and group process in interpretive and supportive therapy for complicated grief
    Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2019
    Co-Authors: David Kealy, John S Ogrodniczuk, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, Rene Weideman
    Abstract:

    The ability to infer Psychological meaning in behaviour-referred to as Psychological Mindedness-has been posited as a patient characteristic that contributes to the therapy process and consequently to therapeutic success. The present study was developed to examine the relationship between patients' Psychological Mindedness and improvement in patients' personal treatment goals in interpretive and supportive group therapies for complicated grief, along with patients' importance to group process. The study was conducted with a clinical sample of 109 patients (79% female; average 45 years old) receiving treatment for complicated grief. Patients provided severity of distress ratings for individual target objectives at pretreatment and posttreatment. Psychological Mindedness was assessed prior to treatment using the video-based, interviewer-rated Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure. Patients' importance to the therapy process was rated by therapists and other patients in interpretive and supportive group therapy for complicated grief. Conditional process modelling tested whether Psychological Mindedness would contribute to patients' goal achievement through patients' importance to group process, moderated by type of therapy. A significant, conditional indirect effect was observed for Psychological Mindedness as a predictor of improvement in individual target objectives, through patients' importance to group process as rated by therapists, specifically in interpretive therapy. The findings indicate that patients' Psychological Mindedness significantly contributes to their achievement of individual goals through their contributions to group process in interpretive group therapy. Further research is needed to understand the facilitation of individual goal achievement in supportive therapy.

  • Psychological Mindedness and Psychotherapy Process in Short-Term Group Therapy
    Psychodynamic psychiatry, 2017
    Co-Authors: David Kealy, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, Carlos A. Sierra-hernandez, Rene Weideman, John S Ogrodniczuk
    Abstract:

    Psychological Mindedness is regarded as an important patient characteristic that can influence the course of psychotherapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between patients' capacity for Psychological Mindedness and aspects of the group psychotherapy process as experienced and rated by therapists and other group members. Participants were 110 patients who completed two forms of short-term group therapy for the treatment of complicated grief. Psychological Mindedness was assessed at pretreatment by external raters using a video-interview procedure. Group therapists assessed patients' therapeutic work and therapeutic alliance following each group therapy session. Therapists and other group members rated each patient's expression of emotion and provided appraisals of their cohesion to each patient throughout the course of therapy. Psychological Mindedness was found to be positively associated with several group process variables as rated by the therapist and other group members.

  • relationships among Psychological Mindedness alexithymia and outcome in four forms of short term psychotherapy
    Psychology and Psychotherapy-theory Research and Practice, 2003
    Co-Authors: Mary Mccallum, John S Ogrodniczuk, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce
    Abstract:

    This study explored the relative strength of two patient characteristics, Psychological Mindedness (PM) and alexithymia, as predictors of psychotherapy outcome. Data were provided by two comparative trials of interpretive versus supportive therapy. One involved short-term group therapy for 107 outpatients with complicated grief. The other involved short-term individual therapy for 144 outpatients of mixed diagnoses. Prior to beginning therapy, patients were assessed for PM using the Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure and for alexithymia using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. For both trials, the association between PM and alexithymia was small and non-significant. The therapy approach (interpretive vs. supportive) did not differentially affect the relationship between either predictor variable and outcome. There were significant direct relationships between PM and favourable outcome, and between alexithymia and favourable outcome in both trials. There was an additive relationship between PM and alexithymia in predicting outcome. Implications of these results are discussed.

  • time limited day treatment for personality disorders integration of research and practice in a group program
    1996
    Co-Authors: William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, John S. Rosie, Hassan F.a. Azim
    Abstract:

    Historical Evolution of Day Treatment Psychiatric Partial Hospitalisation A Review of the Research Utilization of Partial Hospitalisation Alternative Psychosocial Treatments for Affective Disorders and Personality Disorders The Edmonton Day Treatment Programme Two Weeks in the Life of the Day Treament Programme Clinical Trial Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy Prediction of Success in the Day Treatment Programme Relationships Among Psychological Mindedness, Patient Work, and Favourable Outcome in the Day Treatment Programme The Psychosocial Environment as a Predictor of Outcome in the Day Treatment Programme Case Illustrations from the Day Treatment Programme Themes and Future Directions.

  • Psychological Mindedness, work, and outcome in day treatment.
    International journal of group psychotherapy, 1994
    Co-Authors: William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, John S. Rosie, Hassan F.a. Azim
    Abstract:

    A recently completed clinical trial that investigated the effectiveness of a group-oriented, day treatment program provided an opportunity to pursue a multidimensional approach to the prediction of treatment outcome. The sample consisted of 99 psychiatric outpatients, most of whom had received diagnoses of affective and personality disorders. The predictor variables included a patient personality characteristic (Psychological Mindedness), a group process variable (patient work), and their interaction. Univariate analyses revealed significant direct relationships between Psychological Mindedness and both work and favorable outcome, and between work and favorable outcome. Multivariate analyses indicated that Psychological Mindedness and work had independent significant relationships (additive or interactive) with several of the outcome variables. In combination they accounted for up to a quarter of the outcome variance. The results demonstrate the benefit of using a theoretically consistent multidimensional approach. The time-efficient nature of the predictor measures used in the study make them particularly amenable for use by clinicians and researchers.

John S Ogrodniczuk - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • individual goal achievement in group psychotherapy the roles of Psychological Mindedness and group process in interpretive and supportive therapy for complicated grief
    Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2019
    Co-Authors: David Kealy, John S Ogrodniczuk, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, Rene Weideman
    Abstract:

    The ability to infer Psychological meaning in behaviour-referred to as Psychological Mindedness-has been posited as a patient characteristic that contributes to the therapy process and consequently to therapeutic success. The present study was developed to examine the relationship between patients' Psychological Mindedness and improvement in patients' personal treatment goals in interpretive and supportive group therapies for complicated grief, along with patients' importance to group process. The study was conducted with a clinical sample of 109 patients (79% female; average 45 years old) receiving treatment for complicated grief. Patients provided severity of distress ratings for individual target objectives at pretreatment and posttreatment. Psychological Mindedness was assessed prior to treatment using the video-based, interviewer-rated Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure. Patients' importance to the therapy process was rated by therapists and other patients in interpretive and supportive group therapy for complicated grief. Conditional process modelling tested whether Psychological Mindedness would contribute to patients' goal achievement through patients' importance to group process, moderated by type of therapy. A significant, conditional indirect effect was observed for Psychological Mindedness as a predictor of improvement in individual target objectives, through patients' importance to group process as rated by therapists, specifically in interpretive therapy. The findings indicate that patients' Psychological Mindedness significantly contributes to their achievement of individual goals through their contributions to group process in interpretive group therapy. Further research is needed to understand the facilitation of individual goal achievement in supportive therapy.

  • Psychological Mindedness and Psychotherapy Process in Short-Term Group Therapy
    Psychodynamic psychiatry, 2017
    Co-Authors: David Kealy, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce, Carlos A. Sierra-hernandez, Rene Weideman, John S Ogrodniczuk
    Abstract:

    Psychological Mindedness is regarded as an important patient characteristic that can influence the course of psychotherapy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between patients' capacity for Psychological Mindedness and aspects of the group psychotherapy process as experienced and rated by therapists and other group members. Participants were 110 patients who completed two forms of short-term group therapy for the treatment of complicated grief. Psychological Mindedness was assessed at pretreatment by external raters using a video-interview procedure. Group therapists assessed patients' therapeutic work and therapeutic alliance following each group therapy session. Therapists and other group members rated each patient's expression of emotion and provided appraisals of their cohesion to each patient throughout the course of therapy. Psychological Mindedness was found to be positively associated with several group process variables as rated by the therapist and other group members.

  • relationships among Psychological Mindedness alexithymia and outcome in four forms of short term psychotherapy
    Psychology and Psychotherapy-theory Research and Practice, 2003
    Co-Authors: Mary Mccallum, John S Ogrodniczuk, William E Piper, Anthony S Joyce
    Abstract:

    This study explored the relative strength of two patient characteristics, Psychological Mindedness (PM) and alexithymia, as predictors of psychotherapy outcome. Data were provided by two comparative trials of interpretive versus supportive therapy. One involved short-term group therapy for 107 outpatients with complicated grief. The other involved short-term individual therapy for 144 outpatients of mixed diagnoses. Prior to beginning therapy, patients were assessed for PM using the Psychological Mindedness Assessment Procedure and for alexithymia using the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. For both trials, the association between PM and alexithymia was small and non-significant. The therapy approach (interpretive vs. supportive) did not differentially affect the relationship between either predictor variable and outcome. There were significant direct relationships between PM and favourable outcome, and between alexithymia and favourable outcome in both trials. There was an additive relationship between PM and alexithymia in predicting outcome. Implications of these results are discussed.