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Flatten, Guido, Moller, Heidi, Aden, Jan and Tschuschke, Volker (2017). Designing the doctor-patient relationship: How beneficial are Balint groups and for whom? Z. Psychosom. Med. Psychother., 63 (3). S. 267 - 280. GOTTINGEN: VANDENHOECK & RUPRECHT. ISSN 2196-8349

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Abstract

Objectives: Participation in Balint groups is obligatory for some medical specialist trainings. Yet there is a substantial lack of empirical evidence for Balint group effects. Methods: 1,460 medical specialists who participated in 352 different Balint groups were investigated using the Balint Group Questionnaire (BG-F) at the end of a Balint group session. Using mixed-model analyses, we examined the predictive value of the independent variables Experience in Balint Groups (in years), Clinical Experience in General (in years), Case Presentation vs. Nonpresentation, Facultative vs. Obligatory Participation (status) with regard to scale characteristics of the BG-F: Scale 1: Reflection of Transference Dynamics in the Doctor-Patient Relationship, Scale 2: Emotional and Cognitive Learning, Scale 3: Case Mirroring in the Group Dynamic. Mixed-model analyses were calculated separately for the subgroups Balint Experience < 1 year (vs. > 1 year) and for Balint Experience < 2 years (vs. > 2 years). Results: Complete data were available for 1,400 participants. On Scale 1,, somatic doctors scored significantly higher than, psyche doctors. Case presenters scored significantly higher than nonpresenters. On Scale 2,, somatic doctors showed highly significantly higher scores than, psyche doctors. Case presenters also scored highly significantly higher than nonpresenters. Doctors with < 2 years of Balint group experience had significantly higher scores than those with > 2 years. On Scale 3, case presenters scored highly significantly higher than nonpresenters. Group participants with less Balint group experience (< 1 year) had significantly lower scores on Scale 3 than group participants with more experience with Balint groups (> 1 year). Conclusions: Participation in Balint groups generates important effects on doctors'knowledge regarding the doctor-patient relationship, both privately as well as professionally. These results confirm scientifically specific effects of Balint groups, providing empirical evidence for the importance of Balint group experiences for professionals in the medical field.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Flatten, Guido UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Moller, Heidi UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Aden, Jan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tschuschke, Volker UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-245435
DOI:	10.13109/zptm.2017.63.3.267
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Psychosom. Med. Psychother.
Volume:	63
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 267 - 280
Date:	2017
Publisher:	VANDENHOECK & RUPRECHT
Place of Publication:	GOTTINGEN
ISSN:	2196-8349
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Psychology, Clinical; Psychiatry; Psychology; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Psychology, Psychoanalysis Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24543