Der OPD-Strukturfragebogen (OPD-SF): Erste Ergebnisse zu Reliabilität und Validität

Abstract

The concept of psychic structure plays a central role in the Operationalised Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) system. Until recently, its reliable and valid assessment had to be based on expert ratings of clinical interviews, limiting the use of the OPD in routine measurements and research, and excluding the patients' perspective. The current study describes the development and evaluation of a questionnaire on the OPD structure axis (OPD-SQ) in several clinical and non-clinical samples (N = 1 112). The questionnaire demonstrated good internal consistency for all the sub-scales of the OPD-SQ. Differences in mean values between the samples and between patients with vs. without personality disorders were as expected. We also found correlations with other relevant aspects of personality (attachment security, neuroticism). There were no to minimal effect of age and gender. The OPD-SQ is a helpful tool for a broad use in clinical routine as well as research projects.

Beyond self-criticism and dependency: structural functioning of depressive patients and its treatment

“…For the study of personality functioning, we used the OPD Structure Questionnaire (OPD-SQ; Ehrenthal et al, 2012;Schauenburg et al, 2012), which defines the four dimensions which are described in depth in a later section.…”

“…The average of all the scales is an indicator of global structural functioning. Reliability studies conducted in Germany with 1110 subjects have reported internal consistency scores between α=.71 and .91 for the subscales and α=.96 for overall functioning in three different samples (N=734 nonclinical participants, N=172 outpatients, and N=204 inpatients; Ehrenthal et al, 2012). The version used was translated by a team in Chile whose performance in the translation-retranslation process was satisfactory.…”

“…Even though the OPD system was developed as a diagnostic assessment measure for the therapist (or raters in research contexts), a self-rating questionnaire was recently created which covers all four structural dimensions (OPDStructure Questionnaire, OPD-SQ, Ehrenthal et al 2012;Schauenburg et al 2012). It is described in a later section.…”

Depressive Experience Dimensions and Structural Performance: What's at the Basis of Depression Heterogeneity?

“…Del mismo modo, se le aseguró a cada participante que su proceso psicoterapéutico no se vería interferido en caso de no querer participar. Luego se les aplicó tres instrumentos; el instrumento BDI para determinar sintomatología depresiva, el Cuestionario de Experiencias Depresivas (DEQ, Blatt et al, 1976;Blatt, et al, 1995;Zuroff, Quinlan, y Blatt, 1990) y el Diagnóstico Psicodinámico Operacionalizado-Cuestionario Estructural (OPD-SQ, Ehrenthal et al, 2012;Schauenburg, Dinger, Komo Lan, 2012).…”

“…El promedio de todas las escalas es un indicador del funcionamiento estructural global. Estudios de confiabilidad en Alemania con 1.110 sujetos han mostrado puntajes de consistencia interna Cronbach's α= .71 y .91 para las subescalas y Cronbach's α= .96 para el funcionamiento global en tres muestras diferentes (N = 734 participantes no clínicos, N =172 ambulatorio, and N =204 hospitalizados; Ehrenthal et al, 2012).…”