THEORIES, THEORETICAL ORIENTATION, AND THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS - COMMENT

J.J. Poznanski and J. McLennan's (1995) article helpfully integrates r esearch on a topic of considerable importance. Their derivation of two second-order ''factors'' (analytic-experiential and objective-subject ive), as well as five more specific factors, in theoretical orientatio n is particularly helpful. In this comment, I seek to clarify how ther apists' preferences for certain techniques relate to theoretical orien tation. Reasons for the slow pace of research on multi-item self-repor t measures of theoretical orientation are suggested, as is an alternat ive measurement approach to that recommended by Poznanski and McLennan .