Referential Activity (RA); Scales and Computer Procedures

BUCCI, WILMA; DUBE, ERIC; ROUSSOS, ANDRES

En IPA An Open Door Review of Outcome Studies in Psychoanalysis. Second Revised Edition

International Psychoanalytic Association

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2002; p. 286 - 288

This research program is based on a new general psychological theory – the theory of multiple coding and the referential process, which describes the interactions of biological, emotional and cognitive systems (Bucci, 1997). The psychotherapy research is conducted within a broad research context that involves examining the concepts of the multiple code theory, and developing measures of these concepts, in nonclinical as well as clinical studies. In this theoretical framework, with the assistance of computerized procedures, the interaction between patient and analyst can be examined, and features of the interaction associated with different treatment effects can be identified. Application of the measures feeds back to further examination and elaboration of the theory.