A major goal of evidence-based psychotherapy is to assess specific cognitive or emotional schemat... more A major goal of evidence-based psychotherapy is to assess specific cognitive or emotional schemata and behavioral patterns associated with a particular disorder. The present study is an exploratory attempt to form a quantitative basis for this sort of clinical work in terms of Anderson's Information Integration Theory and the theory's methodological counterpart-Functional Measurement. The participants of the study' s three experiments were 24 adolescents who suffer from disruptive behavior disorders, 17 patients who suffer from a dual diagnosis (a combination of substance dependence and psychopatholo-gy), and 14 patients diagnosed as suffering from emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. The following three types of functional cognitive schemata were diagnosed: bio-psycho-social in the participants with disruptive behavior disorders; addiction in the participants with dual diagnosis , and inner speech schemata in the participants with emotional disorders. The results are presented in terms of the relative importance assigned to the components of each sort of schema. It is concluded that the study's findings exemplify the viability of the information integration as an infrastructure of a complementary psychodiagnostic tool.
Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The present paper advocates the idea that the Information Integration Theory and Functional Measu... more The present paper advocates the idea that the Information Integration Theory and Functional Measurement, the theory's methodological counterpart, might provide a complementary means for integrative psychodiagnosis. This proposal is based on a brief presentation of the main postulates of the theory with a special reference to the qualities of Functional Measurement, in a way which accentuates its ability to relate to certain aspects of psychodiagnosis which have not been addressed by conventional tests. Notable examples are the offer to relate to likelihood ratings as a preferable measure in Functional Measurement, the suggestion to add a stage of verbal reasoning to the quantitative part of the experimental session, and a recommendation to construct a computerized application of this methodology.
A major goal of evidence-based psychotherapy is to assess specific cognitive or emotional schemat... more A major goal of evidence-based psychotherapy is to assess specific cognitive or emotional schemata and behavioral patterns associated with a particular disorder. The present study is an exploratory attempt to form a quantitative basis for this sort of clinical work in terms of Anderson's Information Integration Theory and the theory's methodological counterpart-Functional Measurement. The participants of the study' s three experiments were 24 adolescents who suffer from disruptive behavior disorders, 17 patients who suffer from a dual diagnosis (a combination of substance dependence and psychopatholo-gy), and 14 patients diagnosed as suffering from emotional disorders such as anxiety, depression, and panic attacks. The following three types of functional cognitive schemata were diagnosed: bio-psycho-social in the participants with disruptive behavior disorders; addiction in the participants with dual diagnosis , and inner speech schemata in the participants with emotional disorders. The results are presented in terms of the relative importance assigned to the components of each sort of schema. It is concluded that the study's findings exemplify the viability of the information integration as an infrastructure of a complementary psychodiagnostic tool.
Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
The present paper advocates the idea that the Information Integration Theory and Functional Measu... more The present paper advocates the idea that the Information Integration Theory and Functional Measurement, the theory's methodological counterpart, might provide a complementary means for integrative psychodiagnosis. This proposal is based on a brief presentation of the main postulates of the theory with a special reference to the qualities of Functional Measurement, in a way which accentuates its ability to relate to certain aspects of psychodiagnosis which have not been addressed by conventional tests. Notable examples are the offer to relate to likelihood ratings as a preferable measure in Functional Measurement, the suggestion to add a stage of verbal reasoning to the quantitative part of the experimental session, and a recommendation to construct a computerized application of this methodology.
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