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Hierarchical structure of intrapersonal and interpersonal personal construct systems: Assessing change in a chronic schizophrenia sample during psychosocial rehabilitation
Abstract
This study used repertory grid technique and HICLAS, a set-theoretical model, to construct self-structures and person-perception structures for patients with chronic schizophrenia and to ascertain changes in concepts of self and others during psychosocial rehabilitation. Participants were in-patients in a structured psychiatric rehabilitation program who completed repertory grids at scheduled intervals over a nine-month period. Overall, person-perception structure was more complex than self-structure as reflected in significantly more construct classes and element classes, whereas self-structure and person-perception structure were not significantly different in degree of elaboration as an index of the percentage of superordinate elements. While elaboration of neither structure increased significantly over time, person-perception structure maintained more diversity in role classification compared to self-structure. Changes in the structural components of self-perception were found to be predicted by initial ratings of ward behavior, cognitive processing ability, and self-esteem.
Subject Area
Psychotherapy|Cognitive therapy|Mental health
Recommended Citation
Kubiak, Jeannine Marie, "Hierarchical structure of intrapersonal and interpersonal personal construct systems: Assessing change in a chronic schizophrenia sample during psychosocial rehabilitation" (1998). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9838596.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9838596