title: Application of Osgood's Semantic Differential to the study of psychotherapeutic treatments.
abstract: Osgood's Semantic Differential was applied to a group of 35 neurotic patients at initial and final stage of individual psychoanalytical psychotherapy. When compared to 'normal' subjects who had not undergone treatment but were examined under the same conditions, neurotic subjects showed, between test and retest, more conspicuous semantic changes, several of which--although not all--brought them closer to normal subjects.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire d'hygiène mentale, Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bovet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gilliéron
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spagnoli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meylan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012659:Semantic Differential