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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychodynamic Theory
  • Clinical Assessment

Background:

  • Object relations theory is central to psychodynamic conceptualizations of personality.
  • Assessing in-session enactments of object relations is crucial for understanding personality organization.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the nuances of in-session object relations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and initially validate the Object Relations Rating Scale (ORRS).
  • To assess the ORRS's ability to measure in-session enactments of object relations.
  • To evaluate the ORRS based on a psychodynamic conceptualization of personality organization.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the Object Relations Rating Scale (ORRS).
  • Inclusion of 40 participants with neurotic, borderline, and psychotic personality organizations.
  • Assessment of interrater reliability, criterion validity, convergent validity, and discriminant validity.

Main Results:

  • The ORRS demonstrated good interrater reliability.
  • The scale effectively discriminated between neurotic, borderline, and psychotic personality organizations.
  • ORRS scores correlated as expected with personality dimensions and transference intensity, and showed low correlation with therapist experience.

Conclusions:

  • The Object Relations Rating Scale (ORRS) is a reliable and valid measure for assessing in-session object relations.
  • The ORRS shows promise in differentiating between various personality organizations.
  • This scale offers a valuable tool for psychodynamic assessment and research.