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Use of a Psychophysiological Script-driven Imagery Experiment to Study Trauma-related Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder

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Affective scripts: a systematic case study of change in psychotherapy.

Paul Siegel¹, Amy Demorest

¹School of Natural and Social Sciences, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, New York, USA. paul.siegel@purchase.edu

Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research

|March 26, 2010

Summary

This study systematically identified maladaptive interpersonal schemas, or affective scripts, in psychotherapy. Findings show these emotion regulation patterns decreased with treatment, indicating therapeutic progress.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychotherapy Research
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Maladaptive interpersonal schemas, conceptualized as affective scripts, influence emotion regulation in relationships.
Identifying and tracking these scripts is crucial for understanding therapeutic change.
The Fundamental Repetitive and Maladaptive Emotion Structures (FRAMES) method was employed for script identification.

Observation:

A systematic case study analyzed transcripts from long-term psychotherapy.
Independent raters utilized the FRAMES method to identify affective scripts.
Five distinct maladaptive scripts were identified across numerous patient narratives and enactments.

Findings:

The study tracked the evolution of identified maladaptive scripts during psychotherapy.
Statistical analyses revealed a significant reduction in maladaptive scripts over the course of treatment.
An increase in adaptive changes was observed, correlating with the decrease in maladaptive patterns.

Implications:

The findings support the efficacy of the FRAMES method in identifying and assessing affective scripts in clinical settings.
Demonstrates that maladaptive interpersonal schemas can be modified through psychotherapy.
Provides insights into the process of therapeutic change by tracking the reduction of specific maladaptive emotion regulation patterns.