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Ivo Cermak, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Science (Czech Republic); and Jika Linden, Lunds University (Sweden)
Dialogical Self-Construction: A Hermeneutic-Narrative Approach to Research

The conceptualization of a human being as a text, or as a carrier of a story, the meaning of which becomes clarified through dialogue or conversation, formed the basis of our research. The main instrument was a Diary-In-Group method, which combines the diary method focusing on an individual (contextual, private) with group discussion (decontextual, public). "Reading text" on various levels shows how the meaning is constructed. The meaning seems to be bound with context and situation, and also within discursive or participative acts. The contribution elaborates the model of hermeneutic-narrative interpretation. Some aspects of actors' self-construction in dialogical settings are explored.

Stephanie Insko, Sara Bridges, and Emily Calvert, University of Memphis
A Model of Constructivist Premarital Therapy

Western society's high divorce rate has increased participation in premarital counseling. In fact, many churches and municipalities are requiring premarital counseling before allowing the couple to marry in the church or granting marriage licenses. There are few models of premarital counseling available and little research has been conducted to look at the benefits of this counseling. This poster details a survey of marital adjustment for couples who had participated in premarital therapy and subsequently offers a model of constructivist premarital counseling based on Guillem Feixas' constructivist approach to supervision.

Andrew Korobetzkiy and Svetlana Smagina, Kemerovo State University (Russia)
Gender and Age as Factors in the Dynamics of Personal Constructs

The gender and age as factors in dynamics of personal construct systems of students were researched. The formal structure parameters and semantic content were investigated with appreciation of repertory grids (2-point scale). The significant people were elements. Non-linear form dynamics of cognitive complexity and semantic contents with gender differences were shown.

Nobukazu Nagae, Waseda University (Japan)
Self-characterization as Writing for Creating Self-Narratives

Known as a component of fixed-role therapy (Kelly, 1955), self-characterization is a single writing technique helping clients write themselves from the viewpoints of empathetic close fiends. In recent findings about anxiety disorders, some qualities of self-narratives affect their mental health and interpersonal relationships (e.g., Ehler & Clark, 2000). As narrating themselves verbally from different standpoints can reconstruct their self-narratives (e.g., Hoyt & Meichenbaum, 1995), so self-characterization may have some impacts on their self-narratives and emotional states. In this study, the author examines empirically how self-characterization effects on self-narratives and some affective states of subjects.

Tomas Urbanek, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Science (Czech Republic)
Semantic Selection Test: Semi-Projective Technique

The purpose of this poster is to present the Semantic Selection Test. This test is of Czech origin, based on assigning pictures to a set of verbal stimuli. There is an assumption that the picture assignment to the verbal stimuli is grounded in the similarities of its individual meaning allowing the reconstruction of individual or group semantic spaces. Despite the Semantic Selection Test having not been published officially, it is used both in research and consulting settings. Recent research results imply that structures obtained by analyses show satisfactory stability and validity of results.

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