文档介绍：BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY (2005), 186, 342^349
Transference patterns in the psychotherapy which to make inferences and recognise
nuances in psychopathology. The primary
of personality disorders: empirical investigation objection is the possibility of bias in clinical
judgement. Recent research suggests, how-
ever, that clinicians tend to make highly
REBEKAH BRADLEY, AMY KEGLEY HEIM and DREW WESTEN
reliable and valid judgements if their
observations are quantified using psycho-
metric instruments. Correlations between
treating clinicians’ and independent inter-
viewers’ assessments of a range of clinical
variables on instruments designed for use
by experienced clinicians tend to be large,
Background The concept of Since Freud’s initial recognition that typically over (Hilsenroth et al,
transference has broadened to a patients may enact interpersonal patterns 2000; Westen & Muderrisoglu, 2003),
in the therapy relationship (Freud, 1912, and clinician-reported personality data pre-
recognitionthatrecognition that patients often express
1917), the concept of transference has dict measures of adaptive functioning,
enduring relational patterns in the evolved considerably (Sandler, 1976; attachment patterns, and family and
therapeutic relationship. Wachtel, 1997). In contemporary terms, developmental history suggestive of validity
transference