TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’
This study is the second of a series of three, and represents an Italian replication of a previous UK -based case series (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression with British clients, using Herm...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
International Centre For Transactional Analysis Qualifications
2016-07-01
|
| Series: | International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/16054 |
| _version_ | 1819226290381651968 |
|---|---|
| author | Enrico Benelli Francesco Scottà Serena Barreca Arianna Palmieri Vincenzo Calvo Guido de Rénoche Stefano Colussi Marco Sambin Mark Widdowson |
| author_facet | Enrico Benelli Francesco Scottà Serena Barreca Arianna Palmieri Vincenzo Calvo Guido de Rénoche Stefano Colussi Marco Sambin Mark Widdowson |
| author_sort | Enrico Benelli |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This study is the second of a series of three, and represents an Italian replication of a previous UK -based case series (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression with British clients, using Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). The various stages of HSCED as a systematic case study research method are described, as a quasi-judicial method to sift case evidence in which researchers construct opposing arguments around multiple sources of quantitative and qualitative evidence and judges evaluate these to conclude whether the client changed substantially over the course of therapy, and whether the outcome was attributable to the therapy. The therapist in this case was a white Italian man in the third year of training to become a psychotherapist, and the client, Penelope, was a 45-year old white Italian woman with mild depression and anxiety. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a mixed-outcome case: the client improved some aspects of her problems, without obtaining a complete and stable remission. Interestingly, this case presents a minimal correlation between empirical and proxy-rated indexes of depression and anxiety and answers to self reported questionnaires, raising the question of validity of self report measures with specific typology of client. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-23T10:23:08Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-735b02015d464542893f1ffd4f1e71b5 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2218-3159 2218-3159 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-23T10:23:08Z |
| publishDate | 2016-07-01 |
| publisher | International Centre For Transactional Analysis Qualifications |
| record_format | Article |
| series | International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research |
| spelling | doaj.art-735b02015d464542893f1ffd4f1e71b52022-12-21T17:50:38ZengInternational Centre For Transactional Analysis QualificationsInternational Journal of Transactional Analysis Research2218-31592218-31592016-07-017110.29044/v7i1p198576TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’Enrico BenelliFrancesco ScottàSerena BarrecaArianna PalmieriVincenzo CalvoGuido de RénocheStefano ColussiMarco SambinMark WiddowsonThis study is the second of a series of three, and represents an Italian replication of a previous UK -based case series (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2013) that investigated the effectiveness of a recently manualised transactional analysis treatment for depression with British clients, using Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). The various stages of HSCED as a systematic case study research method are described, as a quasi-judicial method to sift case evidence in which researchers construct opposing arguments around multiple sources of quantitative and qualitative evidence and judges evaluate these to conclude whether the client changed substantially over the course of therapy, and whether the outcome was attributable to the therapy. The therapist in this case was a white Italian man in the third year of training to become a psychotherapist, and the client, Penelope, was a 45-year old white Italian woman with mild depression and anxiety. The conclusion of the judges was that this was a mixed-outcome case: the client improved some aspects of her problems, without obtaining a complete and stable remission. Interestingly, this case presents a minimal correlation between empirical and proxy-rated indexes of depression and anxiety and answers to self reported questionnaires, raising the question of validity of self report measures with specific typology of client.http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/16054 |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Benelli Francesco Scottà Serena Barreca Arianna Palmieri Vincenzo Calvo Guido de Rénoche Stefano Colussi Marco Sambin Mark Widdowson TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’ International Journal of Transactional Analysis Research |
| title | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’ |
| title_full | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’ |
| title_fullStr | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’ |
| title_short | TA Treatment of Depression: A Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design Study - ‘Penelope’ |
| title_sort | ta treatment of depression a hermeneutic single case efficacy design study penelope |
| url | http://www.ijtarp.org/article/view/16054 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT enricobenelli tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT francescoscotta tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT serenabarreca tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT ariannapalmieri tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT vincenzocalvo tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT guidoderenoche tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT stefanocolussi tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT marcosambin tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope AT markwiddowson tatreatmentofdepressionahermeneuticsinglecaseefficacydesignstudypenelope |