THEMATIC SEGMENTATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY TRANSCRIPTS FOR CONVERGENT ANALYSES

The intention of conducting collaborative multidisciplinary research on records of psychotherapy imposes many potentially incompatible constraints. At the core lies the challenge of segmenting materials into units suitable for very different research methods while nevertheless ensuring comparison an...

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Published in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 1994, Vol.31 (1), p.36-48
Main Authors: STINSON, CHARLES H, MILBRATH, CONSTANCE, REIDBORD, STEVEN P, BUCCI, WILMA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Empirical Methods
Grief
Human
Psychotherapeutic Processes
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Summary:The intention of conducting collaborative multidisciplinary research on records of psychotherapy imposes many potentially incompatible constraints. At the core lies the challenge of segmenting materials into units suitable for very different research methods while nevertheless ensuring comparison and convergence of results across a diverse array of measures. We examine issues of segmentation, present a coordinated system based on segmentation of psychotherapy transcripts by communicated meaning, and describe applications of the approach .
ISSN:0033-3204
1939-1536
DOI:10.1037/0033-3204.31.1.36