Sentences with Strong Psychological Impact in Psychotherapy: Research in Progress

• DOI: 10.1007/s10879-007-9069-6
• Publication Date: 2008-01-31T18:03:16Z
• Authors: Piero De Giacomo; Luciano L’Abate; Francesco Margari; Andrea De Giacomo; Wanda Santamato; Rita Masellis
• Keywords: 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences

After a brief exposition of Elementary Pragmatic Model about changes in dyadic interactions, the validity and clinical usefulness of the model was evaluated with a newly created test, called SISCI-Sentences. This test is composed of 90 Sentences with strong psychological impact. Administration of this test to non-clinical and clinical participants produced statistically significant differences between the choices of participants in the two groups. Implications of these results for the use of these Sentences in the course of psychotherapy are discussed.