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[Validity of the axis "conflicts" of the Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics (OPD)]
Christoph Pieh1, Martin Frisch, Nicole Meyer
1Abteilung für Psychosomatik, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg. Christoph.Pieh@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Objectives:
This clinical trial is concerned with controlling the validity of unconscious conflicts within the OPD by verifying the hypotheses by means of psychometric analysis.
Methods:
Unconscious conflicts were determined by use of the OPD as well as by psychometric tests (GT, IIP, RQ-2) for patients in treatment in a psychosomatic hospital; they were divided into an explorative (n=1377) and a confirmative (n=1380) sample. Using the Mann-Whitney U-test, we investigated the connection between the main conflicts according to OPD-1 and the psychometric findings.
Results:
For seven of most frequently chosen conflict types, a great coherence was found. For the others the results were inconsistent.
Conclusion:
Concerning the seven most frequently chosen conflict types, the OPD is a valid diagnose tool. As to the other conflicts, this study cannot clear up open questions concerning validity.
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