Central relationship patterns in comparison with different objects

In the present study the Relationship Episode Paradigm Interviews of 70 fem ale patients with different psychoneurotic diseases were analysed with resp ect to object-specific patterns with the CCRT method. The most frequent cat egories are the same in all relationship episodes and in subsamples of rela tionship episodes with mother and father. These categories are also predomi nant in episodes with women and men. Relationship episodes with mother do n ot differ from episodes with father, and relationship episodes with women a re not different from episodes with men. But there are substantial differen ces in relationship episodes with the mother and women and between episodes with the father and men. Patients recount much more positive relationship patterns with women and men than with their parents. This could be understo od as a hint of interpersonal resources.