Group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Scandurra, Cristiano
Picariello, Simona
Scafaro, Daniela
Bochicchio, Vincenzo
Valerio, Paolo
Amodeo, Anna Lisa
Abstract / Description
Metacognitive skills and agency are among the main psychological abilities a clinical psychologist should have. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device able to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in final-year undergraduates in clinical psychology within an educational context. Thirty-three final-year students of clinical psychology participated in an experiential laboratory lasting two months. Participants completed measures regarding metacognitive skills and agency at pre-, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up assessment. The results suggested that group psychodynamic counselling made students feel more capable of recognizing emotional states, understanding causal relationships, inferring mental states of others in terms of beliefs, desires, intentions, and expectations, and thinking critically. Furthermore, the group psychodynamic counselling helped students to feel more able to derive pathways to desired goals and to motivate themselves via agency thinking to use those pathways. Thus, the study confirmed the efficacy of group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device able to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists.
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psychodynamic counselling group metacognition agency clinical psychologyPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-06-19
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
14
Issue
2
Page numbers
444–463
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Scandurra, C., Picariello, S., Scafaro, D., Bochicchio, V., Valerio, P., & Amodeo, A. L. (2018). Group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(2), 444–463. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1528
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Scandurra, Cristiano
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Picariello, Simona
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Scafaro, Daniela
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bochicchio, Vincenzo
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Valerio, Paolo
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Amodeo, Anna Lisa
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Date of first publication2018-06-19
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Abstract / DescriptionMetacognitive skills and agency are among the main psychological abilities a clinical psychologist should have. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device able to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in final-year undergraduates in clinical psychology within an educational context. Thirty-three final-year students of clinical psychology participated in an experiential laboratory lasting two months. Participants completed measures regarding metacognitive skills and agency at pre-, post-treatment, and 3-month follow-up assessment. The results suggested that group psychodynamic counselling made students feel more capable of recognizing emotional states, understanding causal relationships, inferring mental states of others in terms of beliefs, desires, intentions, and expectations, and thinking critically. Furthermore, the group psychodynamic counselling helped students to feel more able to derive pathways to desired goals and to motivate themselves via agency thinking to use those pathways. Thus, the study confirmed the efficacy of group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device able to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationScandurra, C., Picariello, S., Scafaro, D., Bochicchio, V., Valerio, P., & Amodeo, A. L. (2018). Group psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologists. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(2), 444–463. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1528
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1109
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1301
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i2.1528
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Keyword(s)psychodynamic counsellingen_US
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Keyword(s)groupen_US
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Keyword(s)metacognitionen_US
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Keyword(s)agencyen_US
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Keyword(s)clinical psychologyen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleGroup psychodynamic counselling as a clinical training device to enhance metacognitive skills and agency in future clinical psychologistsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers444–463
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Volume14
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