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THE "CONVIVIAL" PSYCHOTHERAPY PROCESS OF DR. SALVADOR ROQUET
Abstract
A comprehensive and systematic review of the psychological theories and practices of a prominent Mexican psychoanalyst were presented in English for the first time. This included both published and unpublished materials, personal correspondence, interviews, training tapes, and journal articles from the foreign press. The marathon group psychotherapy process (Convivial) developed by Dr. Roquet was described in detail and its impact assessed using the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) and the Hartman Value Inventory (HVI). The POI was selected as a widely accepted measure of positive mental health used extensively in psychotherapy outcome studies. Fifteen participants were tested immediately before the September 1984 convivial and one week after the day-long "follow-up" one week later. Significant differences between pretest and posttest performance were found for the Time Competence (p $<$.01), Inner Directedness (p $<$.05), Self-Regard (p $<$.05), and Acceptance of Aggression (p $<$.05) Scales of the POI and for the Actualization through Work Scale (p $<$.05) of the HVI using paired-comparisons t values. Consistent changes in the direction of "positive psychological functioning" were noted on all 14 POI scales and on 22 of 25 HVI scales. High- and low-fantasy cohorts (HVI DIM%) were analyzed. Results indicated significant trends into fantasy for the low-fantasy group (p $<$.01) and out of fantasy for the high-fantasy group (p $<$.05). The significance of fantasy as a crucial variable in psychotherapy is hypothesized.
Subject Area
Psychotherapy
Recommended Citation
MACMILLAN, ALEXANDER, "THE "CONVIVIAL" PSYCHOTHERAPY PROCESS OF DR. SALVADOR ROQUET" (1987). Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest. AAI8727078.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8727078