Adolescent psychotherapy process research: adaptation of the instrument APQ

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the Brazilian version of the instrument APQ (Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set), including its translation and initial adaptation, followed by the construction of psychotherapy prototypes for psychoanalytic and cognitivebehavioral approaches. A total of 10 psychoanalytic and 10 cognitive-behavioral therapists were asked to classify the APQ items in relation to relevance to their theoretical model. Data were analyzed with factor analysis. The extraction of two factors explained 48.07% of the total variance. The Cronbach's alpha for the psychoanalytic factor was 0.85 and for the cognitivebehavioral factor, 0.86. The former presented factor loadings ranging from .61 to .73, whilst the latter from .49 to .80. The prototypes were developed through linear regression calculations of each APQ item's contribution to each of the factors. It was observed that the two prototypes adequately discriminated psychoanalytic and cognitive behavioral approaches, indicating that the APQ is an appropriate tool for research in psychotherapy. Keywords: psychotherapy, adolescence, assessment Pesquisa de Processo em Psicoterapia na Adolescência: Adaptação do Instrumento APQResumo O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar a versão brasileira do instrumento APQ (Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set), incluindo sua tradução e adaptação inicial, seguida da construção de protótipos de psicoterapia na adolescência de orientação psicanalítica e cognitivo-comportamental. Solicitou-se a dez psicoterapeutas psicanalíticos e dez cognitivo-comportamentais que classificassem os itens do APQ, considerando sua relevância ao seu modelo teórico. Os dados foram submetidos à análise fatorial. A extração de dois fatores explicou 48,07% da variância total. O alpha de Cronbach do fator psicanalítico foi 0,85 e do cognitivo--comportamental foi 0,86. O primeiro fator apresentou cargas fatoriais entre 0,61 a 0,73 e o segundo entre 0,49 a 0,80. Cálculos de regressão linear identificaram os escores da contribuição de cada item do APQ para cada fator, desenvolvendo-se assim os protótipos. Observou-se que as abordagens psicanalítica e cognitivo-comportamental foram discriminadas, indicando que o instrumento é apropriado para o desenvolvimento de pesquisas em psicoterapia. Palavras-chave: psicoterapia, adolescência, avaliação Investigación del proceso de psicoterapia en la adolescencia: adaptación del instrumento APQ Resumen El objetivo de este artículo es presentar la versión brasileña del instrumento APQ (Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-Set), incluyendo su traducción y adaptación inicial, y la construcción de prototipos de psicoterapia en la adolescencia de orientación psicoanalítica y cognitivo-conductual. Se solicitó a diez psicoterapeutas psicoanalíticos y diez cognitivo-conductuales que clasificasen los ítems del APQ, teniendo en cuenta su relevancia para el modelo teórico. Los datos fueron sometidos a análisis factorial y la extracción de dos factores explicó 48,07% de la varianza total. El alfa de Cronbach del factor psicoanalítico fu...

Development of Brazilian prototypes for child psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy

“…19 Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop Brazilian PDT and CBT prototypes for children with ID and ED. The following hypotheses were tested: 1) expert clinicians should exhibit a high degree of agreement regarding the conceptualization of sessions for children with ID and ED within their respective theoretical approaches; 2) based on the consideration that the Q methodology could differentiate the PDT and CBT prototypical processes in various previous studies 4,8,21 and that the children's psychopathological conditions impact the therapeutic process and the degree of similarity to the prototypes, 13,14 it was expected that the expert clinicians' ratings would generate four distinct factors, differentiating both theoretical approaches for both types of diagnoses.…”