INCIHUSA   20883
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS, SOCIALES Y AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Personal Style of the Therapist and Personality, pre - post professional practices comparison in university students
Autor/es:
GRZONA, SOFÍA; MUÑOZ, MARIELA; CASARI, LEANDRO MARTÍN
Lugar:
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Reunión:
Congreso; 50th International Annual Meeting ?Society of Psychotherapy Research?; 2019
Institución organizadora:
Society for Psychotherapy Research
Resumen:
Aim. Personality and Personal Style of the Therapist (PST) are relevant variables in clinical practice. PST has been defined as a particular style that each therapist imprints on their activity. It includes five functions: Attentional,Operative, Instructional, Involvement, and Expressive (Fernandez-Alvarez, Garcia & Schreb, 1998). There are few studies about the influence of clinical training on personality and on PST and it has been argued that therapeutic training it is associated with the development of these variables (Corbella et all, 2007). The goal of this study is to compare PST and personality traits of fifth year psychology students of the University of Mendoza before and after their clinical training received in the pre-professional practice (PPP). Methods. Design: Pretest-Posttest. Sample: 37 psychology students. Procedure: Participants were evaluated before and after their clinical pre-professional practices, with an interval of six months. Instruments: Therapist's Personal Style Questionnaire (PST-Q) (Fernández-Álvarez, García, Lo Bianco & Corbella-Santomá, 2003) and Big Five Inventory (Castro Solano, 2005). Results. A significant difference was found in Neuroticism trait reflected in a decrease of posttest score. The profile of the PST-Q in the pre-test presented higher levels in the attentional function with a statistically significant decrease in the post test score. Discussion. These results may indicate that participants showed a focused attentional span and more emotional stability after their PPP mirrored in the decreased of their scores. Clinical and theoretical implications of these findings will be discussed as well as the limitations and future directions of this study.