By bringing empirical results of therapeutic alliance into a general theoretical frame reference for psychotherapy, the author outlines why alliance, beyond its consistent relationship to therapy outcome, could be regarded as one central psychotherapy variables. Regarding outcome measures, differences between and formal attempts in medical treatment with estimation utilities attribution values are highlighted. The role rests on social impact most determining factor. From this point, chances...

Density of medical clinics, ease access to doctors, the age pyramid population - these are differentiating factors among patients living in urban or rural areas which may affect probability survive certain diseases and attacks dramatically. The German Fontane project, a collaboration experts, IT researchers companies, focuses on remote monitoring aftercare facilities for stroke with heart Brandenburg. Within this paper, we discuss central requirements object-oriented self-adaptive middleware...

Many industrial and medical scenarios today are building on mobile devices as their end systems. These typically connected to backend systems via the phone network with corresponding data services. Today's protocols optimized for reliable transfer of voice traffic, however, available bandwidth latency traffic may vary significantly location motion speed a device. Within this paper, we report experiences from our eHealth project "Fontane", where real-time streaming electrocardiographic has be...

This research aspired to differentiate between veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) depressed veterans, and controls by examining field dependency/independency, active avoidant coping styles, self-efficacy. Differences within groups were also tested. It was hypothesized that the PTSD group would have worst scores on all variables differences be visible groups, related severity of respective disturbances. Respondents presented self-reported questionnaires a cognitive test. The...

Starting from Lennart Sjöberg's serial scoring of the Color‐Word Test and his critical review test, possibilities attaining better reliability estimates are briefly surveyed. As a simple step, orthogonalization regression model is suggested. Ways maximizing estimate demonstrated. On basis 261 subjects five differing subsamples, clinical control groups, oblique system orthogonalized maximum solutions compared empirically. The significance results for test theoretic evaluation discussed.

For two therapies the dependence of therapeutic alliance on indices partner is studied using multivariate dynamic analyses. The proposed model starts from assumption that it mainly patient's dependent therapist's indicators, although reverse relationship considered as well. From videotapes, ratings achieved had been made by methods, Penn-Helping Alliance Scales (Penn-HAS), and Therapeutic Rating System (TARS). Whereas for Penn-HAS overall patient therapist were strongly mutually dependent,...

‘‘Linden, die grünen Muhmen der deutschen Eichen…’’ 1 Lange galt Eiche unter den Deutschen als Baum, ihr Wesen idealiter repräsentierte. Doch neben zumeist kriegerischen Gesängen, in denen Kraft, Bestand und eherne Festigkeit des Eichenbaums symbolisch für eigene nationale Selbstdarstellung beansprucht wurde, existierte immer schon eine Baum‐Dichtung, konterkarierend bzw. ergänzend auf andere Seite deutscher Mentalität hingewiesen wurde. Die Linde mit ihren herzförmigen Blättern ihrem...

Transference and the formation of a therapeutic alliance were studied in 126 patients from Berlin psychotherapy project. The working hypothesis was that internalized mother father image would have an influence on alliance. therapist rated development at two points time. When parents' images compared by using difference similarity measures, four types could be constructed which some showed significant differences introduction discussion are focused question as to what extent psychoanalytic...

Background: Regarded from a biopsychosocial point of view, culturally determined differential impact values, lifestyles and attitudes can be expected on health illness concepts, exerting potential influence the general satisfaction with care system as well subjective treatment preferences. Methods: 57 men 63 women between 16 86 years age in Netherlands 45 39 aged 15 78 Japan took part study. Questions to subjects were not exclusively restricted medical but comprised relationship one hand,...

In order to elicit correlates of Maruyama's (1992) mindscape types, 144 respondents from Germany, the Netherlands and Republic Georgia (70 men, 74 women, 48 each country) were given TOB figures pictures. Furthermore, their attitudes towards two technology items (high-speed trains nuclear power) registered. An optimal scaling procedure (OVERALS) was used for analyzing cultural gender-specific differences with regard types. Group in high-tech tested by means Chi-square analyses. The meaning...

If the energy transfer for charging traction battery of an electric vehicle takes place wirelessly and with inductive components, active area system must be monitored safety reasons presence or intrusion metallic objects that do not belong to system. In past, different concepts such monitoring have been described. this paper, passive sensors are used characterized based on practical measurements. With type sensor, detectability foreign is very closely related characteristics magnetic field...