title: Changes in rigidity and symptoms among adolescents in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
abstract: The present study examined changes in the rigidity of interpersonal patterns and symptoms in adolescents (ages 15-18) in a year-long psychodynamic psychotherapy. Seventy-two adolescents (30 in treatment and 42 in a non-treatment "community group") underwent Relationship Anecdote Paradigm (RAP) interviews according to the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme method (CCRT; Luborsky & Crits-Christoph, 1998), and completed outcome measures at two time points.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adolescents in the treatment group became less rigid in their interpersonal patterns and improved significantly in their symptoms, whereas no such changes were observed in the community group. Levels of rigidity were not related to initial symptom distress; however, changes in rigidity were related to improvement in symptoms within the treatment group.
authors.affiliation: Psychology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. dana.slonim@gmail.com
authors.forename: Dana Atzil
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Slonim
authors.forename: Gaby
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shefler
authors.forename: Shira Dvir
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gvirsman
authors.forename: Orya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tishby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome