Analysis of repertory grids in clinical practice

Leach, Chris; Freshwater, Kate

doi:10.1093/med:psych/9780198527565.003.0010

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“…The discrepancy between actual and ideal selves (element pair 1) is used as a proxy measure of self‐esteem (Leach, Freshwater, Aldridge & Sunderland, ). It is therefore equally a measure of interest for the present study, together with a similar measure of ‘professional self‐esteem’ (element pair 2).…”

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Using the Repertory Grid Technique to Examine Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Construal of Their Personal and Professional Development

Hill

Wittkowski

Hodgkinson

et al. 2016

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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Clinical psychology trainees experience training as demanding and stressful, which negatively impacts on their personal and professional self-image and self-esteem. However, they are optimistic that they will become more like their ideal self in the future. Stress in clinical training (and beyond) is normative, and thus, personal development and self-care should be recognized as clinical psychologist's core competencies.

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Using the Repertory Grid Technique to Examine Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Construal of Their Personal and Professional Development

Hill

Wittkowski

Hodgkinson

et al. 2016

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…This limits participant engagement, empowerment and collaborative working. Notwithstanding, the use of the RGT as a clinical and research tool is well-established (i.e., Blagden, Winder, Gregson and Thorne, 2014;Faccio, Castiglioni and Bell, 2012;Leach, Freshwater, Aldridge and Sunderland, 2001;Mason, 2008;Turpin, Dallos, Owen and Thomas, 2009;Winter, 2003). Originally used in clinical practice (Winter, 1992), it can differ greatly from objective and projective forensic psychology assessments (Horley, 2008).…”

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“…[ The practitioner and participant should give ample time and attention to this step. This is because the unique completed grid exposes the fundamental template of one's construing; it represents the distinctions made between significant people on the topic and have been likened to schemas (Leach et al, 2001). Essentially, the elements provide context to the topic of focus, whilst the elicitation of constructs provides insight into how the participant construes their interpersonal world, and the rating process tells of how the participant is thinking in terms of linking topic and elements by 12 constructs/ values (see Jankowicz, 2004).…”

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Using a visually adapted repertory grid technique (VARGT) with people who stalk

Wheatley

Winder

Kuss

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to provide instructions on how to implement an adapted version of the standard repertory grid technique (VARGT). The purpose of which is to provide practitioners with a tool, which enables active engagement by participants in research and clinical practice. This tool has been used effectively with people convicted of stalking offences. Design/methodology/approach Repertory grids, developed from Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory (1955), had never been used with those who stalk, either clinically or in a research context. Visual and kinaesthetic adaptations were made to standard RGT procedures (Grice, 2002; Tan and Hunter, 2002), for use in a mixed methods research study (Wheatley, 2019, p. 77) due to expected challenges in engaging with this group. This manuscript presents theoretical underpinnings and step-by-step instructions for practical application. Findings The VARGT is easy to administer and produces rich data, in both qualitative and quantitative formats. This adapted approach encourages active participation and an interpreted therapeutic collaboration (Wheatley et al., 2020). Practical implications This novel technique has engaged men convicted of stalking offences collaboratively in research activities and showed potential for its use as a clinical tool. This instructional technical paper allows the technique to be replicated. Originality/value This novel technique has engaged men convicted of stalking offences collaboratively in research activities and showed potential for its use as a clinical tool. This instructional technical paper allows the technique to be replicated.

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“…suggesting that they are aware of how difficult it may be to distance themselves from the 'sex offender' label. A principal component analysis (PCA) of the repertory grids offers further insight in to the underlying participants' experience during their time on the prison part of the circle (Leach, Freshwater, Aldridge, & Sunderland, 2001;. A PCA provides a graphical output of an individual's construal system, which shows the internal relationship between the people important in the participant's world (elements represented as points) and the way they understand and construe them (constructs represented as lines from the origin) (Jankowicz, 2004).…”

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“This Time It’s Different” Preparing for Release Through a Prison-Model of CoSA: A Phenomenological and Repertory Grid Analysis

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Circles of support and accountability (CoSA) in the prison-model begin prior to the core members’ release from prison and continue with them on release in to the community. The purpose of this study was to explore the expectations of release of those convicted of a sexual offense and how this develops during their participation in the prison sessions of CoSA. The research question was to consider how the prison-model of CoSA relates to the desistance of crime, in particular the phases of desistance developed by Gobbels, Ward, and Willis. Data were collected using both phenomenological interviews and repertory grids at two different time points; prior to starting the circle in prison ( n = 9) and just before release ( n = 5). The findings suggest the prison sessions provide a sense of support and “no longer being alone” often absent in those who sexually offend. The additional prison sessions enabled the participants to experience this during their approaching release date; a stressful period that was characterized by anxiety. Further research is now required to explore whether circles in the prison-model are able to encourage and reinforce the cognitive change required for desistance, enabling the core members to successfully manage their underlying anxieties surrounding societal stigmatization.

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Analysis of repertory grids in clinical practice

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Using the Repertory Grid Technique to Examine Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Construal of Their Personal and Professional Development

Using the Repertory Grid Technique to Examine Trainee Clinical Psychologists' Construal of Their Personal and Professional Development

Using a visually adapted repertory grid technique (VARGT) with people who stalk

“This Time It’s Different” Preparing for Release Through a Prison-Model of CoSA: A Phenomenological and Repertory Grid Analysis

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