Psychoanalysts as expert observers of the therapy process.

Abstract

4 psycho-analysts and 4 analysts in training rated 4 therapy interviews under different conditions of presentation and context. The rates could distinguish between interviews, but neither the method of presentation of the interviews nor the amount of contextual information available to the judges had any systematic effect upon the means of response-by-response ratings. A correlation analysis revealed a lower interjudge reliability with a group of psychologists who previously rated the same interviews under the same conditions.