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The Adjective Check List as an outcome measure: Assessment of personality change in psychotherapy

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Pages 707-717 | Received 15 Jun 2007, Published online: 19 Oct 2009
 

Abstract

To investigate the value of the Adjective Check List (ACL) as a psychotherapy outcome measure, the ACL and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) were administered at four times (before therapy, immediately after therapy, and at 6-month and 1-year follow-ups) to 38 patients in brief dynamic psychotherapy. High correlations between selected ACL scales and SCL-90-R Global Severity Index scores (GSI) were found. GSI change from before to after therapy correlated with change on the ACL scales. Changes from before to after therapy were detected for ACL scales at both the mean group and the individual levels. Because the ACL provides valuable information on personality dimensions as well as concurrent levels of distress, it is a particularly promising psychotherapy outcome measure.

Um den Nutzen der „Adjective Check List“ (ACL) als ein psychotherapeutisches Ergebnismaß zu untersuchen, wurde die ACL und die Symptom-Checkliste-90-R (SCL-90-R) zu vier Zeitpunkten (vor und direkt nach der Therapie, 6 und 12 monatiges Follow-up) von 38 Patienten in einer dynamischen Kurzeitpsychotherapie ausgefüllt. Hohe Korrelationen zwischen ausgewählten ACL Skalen und dem globalen Kennwert GSI der SCL-90-R wurden gefunden. Veränderungen in den GSI-Werten von vor zu nach der Therapie waren korreliert mit den ACL Skalen. Veränderungen von vor zu nach der Therapie wurden festgestellt für die ACL Skalen sowohl auf Gruppen- wie auf individueller Ebene. Da die ACL wertvolle Informationen über Persönlichkeitsdimensionen und ebenso über konkurrente psychische Belastungen, bereitstellt, ist sie ein vielversprechendes Psychotherapie-Ergebnismaß.

RÉSUMÉ

Pour investiguer la valeur de la liste adjectivale (ACL) comme mesure de résultat en psychothérapie, l' ACL et la check-list des symptômes (SCL-90-R) ont été administrées à 4 moments (avant la thérapie, immédiatement après la thérapie, à 6 mois et un an de catamnèse) à 38 patients en psychothérapie psychodynamique brève. Des corrélations élevées ont été trouvées entre les échelles ACL sélectionnées et le score de sévérité global de la SCL-90-R (GSI). Les changements entre avant et après la thérapie ont été détectés pour les échelles ACL à la fois au niveau de la moyenne du groupe et aux niveaux individuels. Parce que l'ACL fournit une information intéressante sur les dimensions de personnalité ainsi que sur le niveau actuelle de détresse, c'est une mesure particulièrement prometteuse pour la recherche sur les résultats en psychothérapie.

Para investigar o valor da Adjective Check List (ACL)- como uma medida de resultados psicoterapêuticos, a ACL e o Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) foram administrados em quatro momentos diferentes (antes da terapia, imediatamente após a terapia e a 6 meses e um ano de follow-up) a 38 pacientes em psicoterapia dinâmica breve. Foram encontradas correlaç[otilde]es elevadas entre escalas seleccionadas da ACL e do SCL-90-R Global Severity Index scores (GSI). A mudança do GSI de antes para depois da psicoterapia correlacionou-se com a mudança nas escalas da ACL. Mudanças de antes para depois da terapia foram detectadas pelas escalas da ACL tanto na média do grupo como a níveis individuais. Uma vez que a ACL fornece informação importante relativamente às dimens[otilde]es da personalidade, assim como, relativamente a níveis de distress coexistentes, parece ser uma medida de resultados em psicoterapia promissora.

Per studiare il valore della Adjective Check List (ACL) come misura di esito psicoterapia, sono stati somministrati in quattro tempi diversi (prima della terapia, subito dopo la terapia, e al 6 -mesi e 1 anno di follow-up) l'ACL e Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) su 38 pazienti sottoposti ad una psicoterapia dinamica breve. Sono stati trovati correlazioni positive tra l'ACL e l'SCL-90-R e il Global Severity Score Index (GSI). Il GSI cambia da prima a dopo la terapia in relazione alle variazione sulla scala dell'ACL. Il Cambiamento da prima a dopo la terapia sono stati rilevati per le scale ACL attraverso la media di gruppo. L'ACL fornisce preziose informazioni sulle dimensioni della personalità come campanello d'allarme per la psicopatologia, per questo è una misura particolarmente promettente nell'esito della psicoterapia.

Notes

1. Caution is warranted when interpreting the results at Follow-Up 2, because only approximately half of the original sample is represented.

2. This does not rule out the possibility that predictive validity would have been detected with a larger sample.

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