TESTING OPERATIONAL PSYCHODYNAMIC DIAGNOS ES (OPD) - RESULTS OF A MULTICENTRIC ACCEPTABILITY-STUDY AND PRACTICABILITY-STUDY

Authors
FREYBERGER HJ DIERSE B SCHNEIDER W STRAUSS B HEUFT G SCHAUENBURG H POUGETSCHORS D SEIDLER GH KUCHENHOFF J JANSSEN PL HOFFMANN SO
Citation
Hj. Freyberger et al., TESTING OPERATIONAL PSYCHODYNAMIC DIAGNOS ES (OPD) - RESULTS OF A MULTICENTRIC ACCEPTABILITY-STUDY AND PRACTICABILITY-STUDY, PPmP. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 46(9-10), 1996, pp. 356-366
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
PPmP. Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
09372032
Volume
46
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
356 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0937-2032(1996)46:9-10<356:TOPDE(>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
During a multicentric field trial involving 134 diagnosticans from 16 centres in a first phase and 38 diagnosticans from 5 centres in a seco nd phase a preliminary version of the manual ''Operational Psychodynam ic Diagnosis (OPD)'' was tested. Focussing on feasibility, practicabil ity and interrater-reliability the different axes of the new system we re assessed as comparatively easy to use. The goodness of fit for diag nostic categories and the confidence in the diagnostic process showed a sufficient acceptance of the system, The percentage and chance-corre cted interrater-reliability coefficients were acceptable for the most axes. It could be demonstrated that interrater-reliability depends on the degree of experiences with the OPD approach. Therefore a systemati c training is necessary to use the system.