Within- and between-session changes of in-session reflective functioning of mothers in dyadic parent-infant psychotherapy
This study investigated if in-session reflective functioning (RF) of mothers improved between and within sessions of brief dyadic focused parent-infant psychotherapy (fPIP) for the treatment of regulatory disorders in infants. In-session RF was coded for 44 therapy sessions from N = 11 mothers rando...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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14 Mar 2024
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Psychotherapy research
Year: 2024, Pages: 1-13 |
| ISSN: | 1468-4381 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10503307.2024.2323617 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2024.2323617
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| Author Notes: | Anna Katharina Georg, Lea Amelie Kasper, Andreas B. Neubauer, Maximilian Selic, & Svenja Taubner |
| Summary: | This study investigated if in-session reflective functioning (RF) of mothers improved between and within sessions of brief dyadic focused parent-infant psychotherapy (fPIP) for the treatment of regulatory disorders in infants. In-session RF was coded for 44 therapy sessions from N = 11 mothers randomly selected from a RCT on the efficacy of fPIP as part of secondary analyses. A new rating system distinguished self-focused and child-focused in-session RF. Cumulative ordinal regression models were applied to analyze the dynamics of in-session RF within and across sessions, controlling for word count of each statement. While in-session RF improved significantly within sessions, between-session RF improved significantly only in the second session compared to the first with a significant decrease observed in the last session. Child-focused in-session RF was significantly lower than self-focused in-session RF at the beginning of the sessions but improved significantly stronger than self-focused in-session RF during sessions. In-session RF (particularly in child-focused statements) can be regarded as a dynamic change process relevant within each session of dyadic fPIP. Improvements made on a session-by-session basis may not be maintained until the next session. Implications for practitioners and in-session RF research are discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 15.08.2024 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1468-4381 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10503307.2024.2323617 |