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Lois,
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The Core is the essential phenomenon that =
the method of corresponding regressions =
measures. The method of corresponding =
regressions should be useful in helping us =
determine which constructs are made up of =
other constructs.
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For example, lets say you have a client who =
cuts her arms. You want to study the series of =
constructs that add up in her mind to "cut my =
arm." You collect a group of experiences in the =
patients life- such as "talking with boy friend =
after school", "hearing mom and dad fight", etc. =
Get about 50 of these. Now ask the client to rate =
these experiences along the constructs that you =
think may be clinically significant. Lets say they =
are A: "makes me feel angry", B:"makes me feel =
empty"and C: "makes me want to cut myself". =
There are no doubt many more that a clinician =
could mention and you could use as many as =
seem of clinical interest. =
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Have the client rate the 50 experiences on the =
constructs. Do the corresponding regressions =
analysis. It should tell you which of the =
experiences add up to "Cut myself", if any. =
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I do not know the psychology of "cutters". =
Clinicians may know what goes through their =
minds. But given enough clients, with enough =
problems, sooner or later all run into a case =
where the client's constructions are obscure and =
perhaps unknown to anyone. You could spend =
many hours or even years trying to figure out how =
it all goes together. In theory, at least, a grid and =
corresponding regressions should make the =
information available relatively immediately, saving =
you time and the danger of making a mistake in =
figuring out the client's constructions.
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It could require more than 20 minutes of your time =
to gain these skills, but the benefit to you and =
your patients, in theory, should far exceed your =
investment in understanding the psychometrics. =
And a computer program could be prepared by =
someone like me to do the actual math for you. =
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Let your imagination run. Would it be useful to =
very quickly and explicitly see what makes =
your client's "tic". You do not always have much =
time before your client loses faith in you as a =
therapist. They sometimes think good doctors =
can just about read their minds. Take too long, =
and they may dismiss you and go back to more =
reliable ways of construing, like cutting their =
arms. Or they may linger, waiting for you to =
figure out what leads up to the cutting. Sooner or =
later, she might get unlucky and hit an artery. And =
then she is dead. Or he jumps from a building or =
she divorces her husband or he hits his kid or =
what ever. =
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This psychology stuff can be hard.
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Let me know what you think.
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Bill =
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