Comparing molecular and molar methods of judging therapist techniques

Author(s): Hill, C. E., Edwards, L. A.

Journal/Book: Psychother Res. 1995; 5: 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. Guilford Press. 141-153.

Abstract: We compared clusters of similar items on two molar measures (Psychotherapy Process Q-Set, PQS; Therapeutic Procedures Inventory-Revised, TPI-R) with a molecular measure (Hill Counselor Verbal Response Category System, HCVRCS), all observer-rated measures of therapist techniques. The directives, paraphrase, and interpretation clusters of items on the PQS and the TPI-R were significantly related, perhaps because these two measures both used a molar method. None of the clusters from the PQS or TPI-R was related to the corresponding clusters on the HCVRCS, perhaps because the HCVRCS used a molecular method rather than a molar method. These results indicate that molar and molecular methods of techniques yield different results, which suggests that data cannot be compared across methods.

Note: Discussion KJ Heaton, Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

Keyword(s): RESPONSE CATEGORY SYSTEM; PSYCHOTHERAPY; MODES; VARIABLES; SCALE

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