Table 2 Outcome measures over time in 69 adolescents receiving short-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with or without transference work
Transference work group | Non-transference work group | Df | t | p | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Mean | (SD) | N | Mean | (SD) | ||||
Primary outcome measures | |||||||||
PFS (Psychodynamic Functioning Scales) | |||||||||
Pre-treatment | 39 | 61.07 | (5.1) | 30 | 61.24 | (4.7) | 67 | .14 | .89 |
Post-treatment | 34 | 66.94 | (6.2) | 24 | 66.79 | (6.3) | 56 | −.09 | .93 |
One-year follow-up | 25 | 71.02 | (5.3) | 19 | 68.48 | (6.5) | 42 | −1.42 | .16 |
Depression measures | |||||||||
MADRS (Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale) | |||||||||
Pre-treatment | 39 | 21.67 | (6.1) | 29 | 24.14 | (6.0) | 66 | 1.67 | .10 |
12 weeks | 27 | 14.33 | (7.6) | 19 | 13.58 | (7.3) | 44 | −.34 | .74 |
20 weeks | 21 | 13.62 | (5.9) | 15 | 13.73 | (7.4) | 34 | .52 | .96 |
Post-treatment | 33 | 12.76 | (7.7) | 25 | 11.90 | (7.5) | 56 | −.43 | .67 |
One-year follow-up | 23 | 7.09 | (7.0) | 20 | 12.28 | (8.0) | 41 | 2.26 | .03 |
BDI (Becks Depression Inventory) | |||||||||
Pre-treatment | 35 | 28.24 | (9.7) | 28 | 29.10 | (8.4) | 61 | .39 | .71 |
12 weeks | 28 | 21.66 | (11.7) | 19 | 20.38 | (11.7) | 45 | −.37 | .71 |
20 weeks | 21 | 19.04 | (12.4) | 15 | 20.57 | (13.2) | 34 | .36 | .72 |
Post-treatment | 34 | 15.45 | (11.6) | 24 | 17.21 | (14.3) | 56 | .52 | .61 |
One-year follow-up | 26 | 8.42 | (10.9) | 20 | 14.75 | (11.9) | 44 | 1.88 | .07 |