Stimulus Characteristics in Picture Story Exercise Cards and Their Effects on the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global Rating Method

O'Gorman, Emily T.; Cobb, Haley R.; Galtieri, Liana R; Kurtz, John E.

doi:10.1080/00223891.2018.1519829

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“…Similar to past studies on the TAT and Picture Story Exercise (Auletta et al, 2018; O'Gorman et al, 2020; Siefert et al, 2016; Stein et al, 2014), we found greater stability of variance at the person level for the cognitive variables and greater responsiveness to task (card x person effects) in affective‐relational variables. Thus, even in a population with high levels of clinical severity and chronicity, people were still relatively consistent across cards in terms of how they described and represented mental states (COM) and organized the relational sequences and social logic of their narratives (SC).…”

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“…They similarly found large proportions of person‐level variance in cognitive dimensions (i.e., 40% for COM and 49% for SC), although in contrast to earlier studies, person by card interactions produced the largest variance estimates for all SCORS‐G dimensions. O'Gorman, Cobb, Galtieri, and Kurtz (2020) have extended this work and applied the SCORS‐G to the Picture Story Exercise card set (Smith, Atkinson, McClelland, & Veroff, 1992). The pattern of findings in terms of variance remained consistent with earlier studies: person effects explained as much variance in the cognitive dimensions as did person by card interactions.…”

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Card pull effects of the Thematic Apperception Test using the Social Cognition and Object Relations‐Global Rating Method on complex psychiatric sample

Ridenour

Lewis

Siefert

et al. 2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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In recent years, there has been growing interest in examining the stimulus pull effects on respondent narratives to the Thematic Apperception Test (Murray, 1943) using standardized coding methods such as the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global Rating Method (SCORS‐G; Stein, Hilsenroth, Slavin‐Mulford, & Pinsker, 2011; Westen, 1995). The present study expands on prior work by examining sources of variance in SCORS‐G dimensions and card pull effect patterns in an adult clinical sample characterized by high psychiatric comorbidity and clinical severity. A sample of 158 adult psychiatric patients in long‐term residential treatment provided narratives to 10 TAT cards (five of which have not previously been studied for pull effects). Cards 2 and 7BM pulled for significantly more adaptive narratives (positive pull), whereas Card 13MF pulled for more pathological stories (negative pull). Like prior studies, variance in cognitive dimensions of the SCORS‐G was most explained by person effects, whereas the largest source of variance for all other dimensions was best explained by a combination of the card and the person effects on the narrative. Finally, exploratory analyses of card pull effects within different gender groups were conducted. The implications of these findings for performance‐based future studies and possible clinical applications of card pull findings are discussed.

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Card pull effects of the Thematic Apperception Test using the Social Cognition and Object Relations‐Global Rating Method on complex psychiatric sample

Ridenour

Lewis

Siefert

et al. 2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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“…Second, this finding suggests that cognitive features of narrative formation may be less likely to be shaped by different methods of narrative elicitation. This reasoning is consistent with previous TAT and Picture Story Exercise studies (i.e., Auletta et al, 2018;O'Gorman et al, 2020;Ridenour et al, 2021;Siefert et al, 2016;Stein et al, 2014), which have demonstrated greater stability of variance at the person level for the cognitive dimensions, even in clinically severe populations.…”

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How narrative source impacts convergence of ratings from the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global Rating Method with psychotherapy process measures

Slavin-Mulford

Amerson

Cain

et al. 2021

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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This study examines the construct validity of the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale-Global Rating Method (SCORS-G; Westen, 1995; see also Stein & Mulford, 2018) by exploring the degree of convergence across different narrative sources (i.e., early memories [EM] and psychotherapy narratives [PT]) in relation to patient-and therapist-rated psychotherapy process measures. Using a universitybased outpatient sample (n = 81), we found limited convergence for SCORS-G ratings across narrative type. First, paired t tests showed that the means for six of the eight SCORS-G dimensions differed significantly between the EM and PT narratives with the majority having a large magnitude of effect. Moreover, despite 29 significant correlations between a SCORS-G dimension and either an alliance or session quality variable, only two of the eight SCORS-G dimensions significantly correlated with the same process variable across narrative type (e.g., patient-rated session depth with SCORS-G Self Esteem [SE] and Identity and Coherence of Self [ICS]). Importantly, the high degree of theoretical coherence in the associations that emerged between the SCORS-G dimensions and the process variables suggest that the lack of convergence was not due to limited validity of the SCORS-G. Instead, the results underscore the importance of multi-method assessment techniques by highlighting that the manner in which a narrative is elicited will impact the object relational content patients provide. Future research and clinical implications related to the SCORS-G, alliance and psychotherapy process are discussed.

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Interpersonal Decentering and Interpersonal Problems: Testing the Multi-Method Utility of Person-Situation Interactions in Thematic Apperception Tests

Jenkins

Fondren

Herrington

2021

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Stimulus Characteristics in Picture Story Exercise Cards and Their Effects on the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global Rating Method

Cited by 3 publications

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Card pull effects of the Thematic Apperception Test using the Social Cognition and Object Relations‐Global Rating Method on complex psychiatric sample

Card pull effects of the Thematic Apperception Test using the Social Cognition and Object Relations‐Global Rating Method on complex psychiatric sample

How narrative source impacts convergence of ratings from the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale–Global Rating Method with psychotherapy process measures

Interpersonal Decentering and Interpersonal Problems: Testing the Multi-Method Utility of Person-Situation Interactions in Thematic Apperception Tests

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