Ideal Parent Figure method in the treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood trauma: a pilot study

Figures & data

Figure 1. SIDES-SR severity of symptoms, N = 17.

Figure 2. BSI Global Severity Index pretreatment/posttreatment, N = 17.

Figure 3. WHOQOL-BREF quality of life, N = 17.

Figure 4. AAP Segregated Systems Trauma Markers, N = 15.

Table 1. t-tests and Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks tests comparing pretreatment (T1) and posttreatment (T2) and posttreatment (T2) and follow-up (T3) scores for the follow-up subsample (n = 13).

	T1–T2			T2–T3
	t-test		Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks	t-test		Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks
	p-value	effect size (Cohen’s d)	p-value	p-value	effect size (Cohen’s d)	p-value
SIDES-SR	0.09	0.51 (medium)	0.05	0.41	0.12 (very small)	0.39
BSI GSI	0.03	0.78 (medium)	0.03	0.57	0.08 (very small)	0.51
WHOQOL-BREF	0.01	0.68 (medium)	0.01	0.16	0.17 (very small)	0.25

Significant difference found between T1 and T2 for BSI and WHOQOL-BREF, in both tests. Significant difference found for SIDES-SR using Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test. No significant difference found between T2 and T3. SIDES-SR = Self-Report Inventory for Disorders of Extreme Stress; BSI GSI = Brief Symptom Inventory Global Severity Index; WHOQOL-BREF = World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF.

Table 2. AAP attachment classification.

Patient	T1	T2
1	Unresolved	Unresolved
2	Unresolved	Secure
3	Unresolved	Unresolved
4	Dismissing	Secure
5	Unresolved	Unresolved
6	Unresolved	Unresolved
7	Unresolved	Preoccupied
8	Dismissing	Dismissing
9	Dismissing	Unresolved
10	Unresolved	Secure
11	Unresolved	Unresolved
12	Unresolved	Dismissing
13	Unresolved	Unresolved
14	Unresolved	Unresolved
15	Unresolved	Unresolved

AAP = Adult Attachment Projective Picture System; T1 = pretreatment; T2 = posttreatment.