title: Three narrative-based coding systems: Innovative moments, ambivalence and ambivalence resolution.
abstract: Narrative and dialogical perspectives suggest that personal meaning systems' flexibility is an important resource for change in psychotherapy. Drawn from these theoretical backgrounds, a research program focused on the identification of Innovative Moments (IMs)-exceptions to the inflexible meaning systems present in psychopathological suffering-has been carried out. For this purpose, three process-oriented coding systems were developed: The IMs Coding System, the Ambivalence Coding System, and the Ambivalence Resolution Coding System. They allow, respectively, for the study of change, ambivalence, and ambivalence resolution in therapy. This paper presents these coding systems, the main findings that resulted from their application to different samples and therapeutic models, the main current and future lines of research, as well as the clinical applications of this research program.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: Miguel M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: António P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.|b ISMAI - University Institute of Maia , Maia , Portugal.
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: c Department of Education and Psychology , University of Aveiro , Aveiro , Portugal.|d IBILI - Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Life Sciences , University of Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal.
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: Cátia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fernández-Navarro
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Minho , Braga , Portugal.
authors.forename: João Tiago
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes
keywords: ambivalence; ambivalence resolution; innovative moments; narrative measures; process research