The preliminary development and psychometric properties of the Psychotherapy Side Effects Scale.

BACKGROUND: Side effects in psychotherapy are common and have a negative impact on patients or clients. However, effective evaluation tools are still lacking and have not been fully studied. The present study aims to develop a scale with good reliability and validity to measure the side effects of psychotherapy. METHODS: The 25 items in the Psychotherapy Side Effects Scale (PSES) were condensed and distributed to 420 subjects online to test its psychometric properties. RESULTS: The internal consistency of the PSES was satisfactory to excellent (Cronbach's ɑ coefficient was .95, and the Guttman split-half coefficient was 0.88). A statistically significant negative correlation between the satisfaction score and the total score of the PSES was shown (r = -0.51, p < .001). The PSES could effectively discriminate between two groups with and without side effects (F = 250.95, p < .001) and was able to predict the occurrence of side effects in psychotherapy with an area under curve of 0.932 and a 95% confidence interval of 0.900-0.964 (p < .001). A cutoff was set at 36 points in total PSES score, from which the maximum Youden's index (= 0.72) could be obtained. The positive rate of the PSES was 24% (101/420). CONCLUSION: The PSES showed good internal consistency, content validity, concurrent validity, discriminant validity and predictive validity in evaluating and identifying side effects in psychotherapy. More advanced reliability testing methods and structural validity testing for PESE need to be practiced in the future to better serve clinical practice.

Side effects of psychotherapy / 中国心理卫生杂志

Psychotherapy is a kind of medical treatments based on interpersonal interaction that is highly context-dependent.While psychotherapy is an important treatment in clinical work and its effectness has been confirmed with wide practical application,its adverse effects has received little attention.This article will review the literaturesand discuss the possible side effects and relatedfactors of psychotherapy.

Relationship between family function and self-esteem in college students / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To explore the association between family function and self-esteem in college students.Methods Totally 2560 college students were sampled.They were assessed with the self-compiled questionnaire on family information,Rosenberg' s self-esteem scale (SES) and family assessment device (FAD).Results The students from only-child family (30.32±4.19) scored higher on SES than students with siblings (29.54±3.97).The students with experience of grandparents raising (29.84±4.19) scored lower on SES than students raised by parents (30.29±4.13).Students from harmonious family and with monthly incoming above 10000 Yuan scored higher on SES than other groups.All the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.01,P＜0.05).There was significant correlation between SES and all of the dimensions of FAD (r=-0.260-0.379,P=0.000).Multiple regression showed that such dimensions of FAD as role,communication,behavior control,problem solving and general functioning,as well as social economic status of the family played important role on self-esteem of the students(β=0.039-0.169,P＜0.01 orP＜0.05).Conclusion Family factors have significant impact on self-esteem of the college students,especially family role and communication which are important positive predictors on self-esteem of college students.

Primary assessment of reliability and validity of the Chinese version of prodromal questionnaire-brief version / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To assess the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief Version (PQ-B).Methods By convenience sampling,122 college students and clinical psychology outpatients were assessed by PQ-B and Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90).Eighty among them were rctcstcd with the PQ-B after 2 weeks to test test-retest reliability.Correlation analysis,exploratory factor analysis were used for data processing.Results The internal consistency reliability of the Chinese version of PQ-B was 0.894,the correlation coefficient between each item and total score were higher than 0.347 (all P ＜ 0.01),and when each of the total items deleted,the Cronbach' s Alpha of the whole score was lower than 0.894.Moreover,the test-retest reliability was 0.71 (P ＜ 0.01) and the Guttman Split-Half Coefficient was 0.874.The exploratory factor analysis showed that KMO was 0.833,and 65.22％ of the total variation could be explained by 6 factors,and the rotated pattern matrix value of item were 0.404-0.896 by direct oblimin.The total PQ-B score and the score of most of the extracted factors was significantly correlated with SCL-90(r=0.233-0.725,P＜0.01),while factor 5 had low correlation with subscales of Obsessive-Compulsive,Interpersonal Sensitivity,Depression and Hostility in SCL-90(r=0.154-0.206,P＞0.01).Conclusion The Chinese version of PQ-B suggested primarily good reliability and validity.

A study on the relationship between mental health status of Mosuo middle school students and their parents' marriage modes / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

Objective To investigate the effects of different marriage modes of parents on mental health of Mosuo middle school students.Methods Basic information questionnaire and symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90)were adopted to compare and to analyze 226 Mosuo students' mental health condition with regard to different marriage modes of parents.Results (1) In the comparison between the students from Monogamous Marriage families and the students from the Walking marriage families,the mean scores of somatization and depression were higher in the former group than in the latter group(0.73 ± 0.59 vs 0.58 ± 0.46,P＜ 0.05 ;0.87 ±0.65 vs 0.70 ±0.52,P＜ 0.05).(2)Among the students fromWalking marriage families,the mean scores of interpersonal sensitivity,depression,anxiety and phobic anxiety were higher in girls than those in boys (1.10 ± 0.76 vs 0.80 ±0.47,P＜0.05;0.83 ±0.54 vs 0.58 ±0.48,P＜0.05;0.99 ±0.71 vs 0.62 ±0.48,P＜0.05;0.99 ±0.77 vs 0.55 ± 0.53,P＜ 0.05).(3) Among the students from Walking-Marriage families,some students had closer relationship with their fathers,and some were closer to maternal uncles,the mean scores of somatization,obsessivecompulsive factor and hostility were higher in the former sub-group than in the latter sub-group (0.69 ± 0.52 vs 0.43 ±0.34,P＜0.05;1.22 ±0.46 vs 1.01 ±0.59,P＜0.05;0.94±0.66 vs0.65 ±0.57,P＜0.05).Conclusion The mental health status of Mosuo students are different regarding the marriage modes of their parents.In the Walking-Marriage families,the mental health of Mosuo students has relationship with their gender and the male whom the students are closer to.