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Weighted Implication Grid: a graph-theoretical approach to modeling psychological change construction.
Alejandro Sanfeliciano1, Luis Angel Saúl1, Luis Botella2
1Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain.
Frontiers in Psychology
|October 20, 2025
Summary
The Weighted Implication Grid (WimpGrid) models psychological change using graph theory. This method quantifies personal meaning systems, aiding in understanding and tracking individual transformations.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Graph Theory
- Systems Theory
Background:
- Personal Construct Psychology emphasizes anticipation and meaning-making.
- Traditional methods like Repertory Grid and Implication Grid analyze personal meaning systems.
- Existing frameworks lack dynamic and networked modeling of psychological change.
Purpose of the Study:
- Introduce the Weighted Implication Grid (WimpGrid) for formalizing personal construct systems.
- Enhance the modeling of psychological change as a dynamic, networked process.
- Provide a quantitative framework for analyzing subjective change.
Main Methods:
- WimpGrid utilizes semi-structured interviews on self-perception transformations.
- Anticipatory judgments are recorded in a numerical matrix, forming a weighted directed graph.
- Graph-theoretical indices assess construct centrality, system dynamics, and change resistance.
Main Results:
- WimpGrid enables idiographic assessment for clinical applications.
- Facilitates case formulation, therapeutic planning, and monitoring of psychological transformation.
- Offers a formalized platform for research into subjective change and meaning structures.
Conclusions:
- WimpGrid integrates constructivist interviewing with graph-theoretical modeling.
- Provides a structured, flexible framework for studying psychological change.
- Complements existing methods with quantitative analysis of complex meaning systems.
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