Meisterung interpersoneller Beziehungsthemen im Verlauf einer Langzeitpsychoanalyse - eine qualitative Analyse des Falls Amalie X

Abstract

In psychoanalysis research it has been a long-term challenge to understand and describe the correlation between what happens in the therapeutic session itself and the changes that take place in the patient. This work analyses the possibility to measure this phenomena. We set ourselves the goal to show the interdependencies between how personality changes and therapeutic improvements of mastering relationship conflicts. To do that we scored 73 transcripted sessions of the psychoanalysis from Amalie X with the Mastery Scale. We found results as follow: - a decrease in relationships with lower levels of mastery, - an increase in relationships with higher levels of mastery, - a growth in the capability to cope with difficult objects, whom been focused and treated. Due to this research we could have an overview of mastering of relationship conflicts for the patient Amalie X. Our description is in accordance with the analysis from Thomä und Kächele and even deepened it.