Improving Interpersonal Perceptual Accuracy and Psychological Adjustment through Brief

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by  B. Gerald Hartman

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Western Michigan University
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IMPROVING INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTUAL ACCURACY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
ADJUSTMENT THROUGH BRIEF PERCEPTION THERAPY
WITH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE POPULATION
by
B. Gerald Hartman
A Dissertation
Submitted to the
Faculty of The Graduate College
in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the
Degree of Doctor of Education
Department of Counseling and Personnel
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
April 1984
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IMPROVING INTERPERSONAL PERCEPTUAL ACCURACY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
ADJUSTMENT THROUGH BRIEF PERCEPTION THERAPY
HITH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE POPULATION
B. Gerald Hartman, Ed.D.
Western Michigan University, 1984
This study's purpose was to determine if a type of cognitive
therapy, Brief Perception Therapy, (Bullmer, 1980) could improve
interpersonal perceptual accuracy and psychological adjustment in a
substance abuse population. Thirty-five patients seeking inpatient
treatment were randomly assigned to a treatment and a comparison
group. Twenty-five patients completed the three week program, 13 in
the treatment group and 12 in the comparison group. The treatment
group received Group Brief Perception Therapy (GBPT) and the
comparison group received Regular Group Therapy (RP). Therapists
were experienced master's level psychologists and social workers
trained in group treatment. GBPT groups used a programmed text, The
Art of Empathy (Bullmer, 1975) as a guide and followed a structured
group format.
The Affective Sensitivity Scale (ASS) was chosen for the study
to measure interpersonal perception accuracy. The profile of Mood
States (POMS), the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
and the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) were used to measure
psychological adjustment. A t test (two tailed) was used to
determine significant differences between pretreatment and
postreatment mean scores for both groups and posttreatment mean
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scores for each group with significance set at ^.05.
No significant differences were found between pretreatment and
posttreatment responses to measures of interpersonal perception
accuracy for both groups. Two factors on the POMS, Tension-Anxiety
and Depression-Rejection showed significant differences for the
treatment group. No significant differences appeared in responses to
posttest comparisons of the GBPT and RP groups on measures of
interpersonal perception accuracy and psychological adjustment. Some
trends toward significant differences were observed between pretest
and posttest measures of psychological adjustment for the GBPT group.
Trends toward significant differences between posttest measures of
psychological adjustment for the GBPT and RP groups were noted.
The conclusions drawn from conducting this study suggest that a
more structured approach to group therapy (GBPT) may be as effective
as more traditional psychotherapy (RP) in improving psychological
adjustment in a substance abuse population. Recommendations for
further research included extending the length of the treatment
beyond the three week period to allow more time for the patients to
internalize the concepts and at the same time allow more time for the
therapists to make stringent evaluations and more accurately assess
the conceptions of the patients.
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