[Validity of the axis "conflicts" of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics (OPD)].
OBJECTIVE
This clinical trial is concerned with controlling the validity of unconscious conflicts within the OPD by verifying the hypotheses by means of psychometric analysis.


METHODS
Unconscious conflicts were determined by use of the OPD as well as by psychometric tests (GT, IIP, RQ-2) for patients in treatment in a psychosomatic hospital; they were divided into an explorative (n=1377) and a confirmative (n=1380) sample. Using the Mann-Whitney U-test, we investigated the connection between the main conflicts according to OPD-1 and the psychometric findings.


RESULTS
For seven of most frequently chosen conflict types, a great coherence was found. For the others the results were inconsistent.


CONCLUSIONS
Concerning the seven most frequently chosen conflict types, the OPD is a valid diagnose tool. As to the other conflicts, this study cannot clear up open questions concerning validity.
Pieh
Christoph
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Abteilung für Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg. Christoph.Pieh@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Frisch
Martin
M
Meyer
Nicole
N
Loew
Thomas
T
Lahmann
Claas
C
D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology