title: The German specimen case, Amalia X: empirical studies.
abstract: The authors provide a perspective on how psychoanalytic process research can be implemented. This is based on a process research model described elsewhere and summarizes the kinds of studies that can be situated on the four levels of the model. The authors summarize multiple empirical studies that were performed in a completely tape-recorded psychoanalytic therapy and have been published. These studies demonstrate the many modalities empirical process research has available to objectively study psychoanalytic process phenomena and their implication for outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Am Hochsträss 8, D-89081 Ulm, Germany. horst.kaechele@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kächele
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albani
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buchheim
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hölzer
authors.forename: Roderich
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hohage
authors.forename: Erhard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mergenthaler
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jiménez
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leuzinger-Bohleber
authors.forename: Lisbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neudert-Dreyer
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pokorny
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thomä
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D019348:Empiricism; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics; D013637:Tape Recording; D014152:Transactional Analysis; D014167:Transference, Psychology