title: [Mastery of conflictual relationship patterns in the course of a psychodynamic focal therapy].
abstract: Mastery is a psychological construct rooted in the psychodynamic psychotherapy research. The Mastery Scale provides a reliable content analytic method to measure the mastery of maladaptive interpersonal conflicts. With the help of model-sentences verbatim transcripts of relationship episodes are assessed regarding to six hierarchical so-called levels: lack of impulse-control, introjection and projection of negative emotions, difficulties in understanding and cognitive control, interpersonal consciousness, understanding of the self and self control. Further, mastery capabilities can be quantified by a mastery score. For the first time, the instrument is introduced in German by a study of a rather well known successful psychodynamic short-term psychotherapy which previously has been investigated with several empirical methods. The results verify the possibilities of the Mastery Scale in subtly describing changes in the course of a psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Psychotherapie und Psychosomatische Medizin Universitätsklinikum Ulm. dahlb@sip.medizin.uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Dahlbender
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Erena
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reichenauer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kächele
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*