Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2015-10-26T12:01:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvana Magayevski da Silveira_.pdf: 678641 bytes, checksum: c5b5ab7ef8a21b825c8f2171245f770d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-10-26T12:01:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvana Magayevski da Silveira_.pdf: 678641 bytes, checksum: c5b5ab7ef8a21b825c8f2171245f770d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-19 / Nenhuma / Esta dissertação de mestrado partiu da constatação de que existe a necessidade de um aprofundamento no estudo de situações de disputa de guarda, especialmente no que diz respeito à avaliação e intervenção em situações que implicam alienação parental. Está dividida em dois artigos. O primeiro artigo é teórico e apresenta os termos alienação parental e síndrome de alienação parental, descreve os comportamentos apresentados pelos genitores envolvidos neste tipo de configuração relacional conflitiva e revisa as discussões e estudos brasileiros sobre o tema, visando contextualizar este problema ainda pouco conhecido e estudado empiricamente. O segundo artigo é um estudo de casos múltiplos que propõe avaliar os padrões conflitivos nos relacionamentos apresentados por genitores envolvidos na alienação parental, sendo 2 alienados e 2 alienadoras. Os casos foram coletados e analisados em conformidade com o método CCRT (Core Conflictual Relationship Theme), de Lester Luborsky. Através de entrevistas, colheu-se o depoimento dos participantes sobre a separação e situação atual e obteve-se o relato de diversas situações interpessoais, o que possibilitou a obtenção do CCRT ou tema central de conflito nos relacionamentos. Os resultados indicam que o desejo principal das pessoas envolvidas na dinâmica de alienação parental é de ser amado e compreendido e que a perda deste amor seja um fator de vulnerabilidade. / This thesis started from the finding that there is a need for a deeper study of child custody situations, especially regarding to assessment and intervention in situations which parental alienation is involved. It is divided into two articles. The first article is theoretical and introduces he terms parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome. It describes the behavior displayed by the parents involved in this type of conflictual relationship and reviews the discussions and Brazilian studies on this issue in order to contextualize this problem still little known and empirically studied. The second article is a multiple case study that aims to evaluate standard conflicts in relationships presented by parents involved in parental alienation, being 2 alienated and 2 alienating. The cases were collected and analyzed in accordance with the method CCRT (Core Conflictual Relationship Theme) by Lester Luborsky. Through interviews, a testimony about separation and current situation of participants was collected and an account of several interpersonal situations was obtained, which allowed obtaining the CCRT or central theme of conflict in relationships. The results indicate that the main desire of the people involved in the dynamics of parental alienation is to be loved and understood and that the loss of this love is a vulnerability factor.

In this research a novel adaptation of Luborsky’s Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method was implemented within a phenomenological methodology. The Duquesne phenomenological research method (DPRM) provided the framework for the new methodology. This new method was applied to a case study consisting of transcripts of therapy sessions conducted by the researcher with a Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS) client. The CCRT method provides a useful structure for analysing relational experiences in transcripts. Application of the CCRT to a transcript however proved insufficient to provide the depth and richness of information that was of interest to the researcher. For this reason application of the CCRT as a technique within a broader phenomenological method was considered. This integration combines benefits of both methods, in terms of providing a more structured way of identifying meaning units in transcripts, as well as through retaining the depth and richness of recorded relational experiences. In the original CCRT method client accounts of relational interactions are analyzed in terms of the wishe/s, need/s and intention/s (WIN/s) of the client directed towards some person/s, the response of the other person/s and the client’s response to him/herself. In the proposed modification of the CCRT method the emphasis was changed to analysis of all accounts of interactions, even if occurring outside of therapy, as pertaining to interpersonal occurrences within the client-therapist relationship. Analysing transcripts in this way, i.e. emphasising the importance of current context, required a structured means of identifying relational experiences, not only in terms of the client’s WIN/s, but also in terms of the therapist’s WIN/s. The results of this study suggest that the above method resulted in increased insight and understanding of the interpersonal experiences examined, and that it transformed the therapist’s insight regarding his own role in interpersonal interactions with this specific client. The increased understanding resulting from this study should benefit future clients in therapy with the therapist. The modified method’s main contributions are that it provides a more structured approach to the identification of meaning units as well as a more formal way of including context through evaluation of the flow of experiences between relational experiences (REs). The main drawbacks of the method were the difficulties associated with demarcating REs and ordering of information in the developed Unit Interaction Record Sheet (UIRS). These difficulties initially caused application of the method to be very time consuming. This improved as the researcher’s expertise at using the new technique increased. Although the method has the potential to be a general tool for analysing transcripts, which are not limited to a specific theoretical orientation, further research is necessary to determine the usefulness of the modified methodology as a general research instrument. / Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Psychology / MA / unrestricted