Narrative assessment Differences between anxious and depressed patients

作者：Vall Berta^*; Botella Lluis

来源：Narrative Inquiry, 2014, 24(1): 132-152.

DOI：10.1075/ni.24.1.07val

• narrative
• depression
• anxiety
• self-characterization

Studies on clients' language processes in psychotherapy have focused on specific non-narrative aspects rather than on narrative processes. This study's goal was to test the commonalities and differences between a group of narratives from 15 depressed patients and 14 anxious patients. Patients' narratives were obtained through self-characterizations written by the client and, were analyzed by means of the Narrative Assessment Grid - a combination of narrative analysis dimensions. Results indicated that both groups could be distinguished by six of the 22 dimensions assessed: (a) Vari

• 出版日期2014