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ArticleEurope's journal of psychology2018

Group Psychodynamic Counselling as a Clinical Training Device to Enhance Metacognitive Skills and Agency in Future Clinical Psychologists.

Cristiano Scandurra, Simona Picariello, Daniela Scafaro, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Paolo Valerio, Anna Lisa Amodeo

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Article in Europe's journal of psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cristiano ScandurraDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Simona PicarielloSInAPSi Center, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Daniela ScafaroSInAPSi Center, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo BochicchioDepartment of Humanistic Studies, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy.
Paolo ValerioDepartment of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Anna Lisa AmodeoDepartment of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
University of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Calabria · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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agencyclinical psychologygroupmetacognitionpsychodynamic counselling

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PMID30008956
PMCPMC6016038
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