A relationship pattern measure: the core conflictual relationship theme.

Relationship pattern measures are recently developed systems for measuring the main relationship patterns expressed in psychotherapy sessions or in other interviews. They are precise measures of the kind of pattern that dynamic psychotherapists have estimated clinically ever since the start of such therapies. Leading off the comparisons of such measures that are presented in this issue, this paper will (a) describe a relationship pattern measure, (b) illustrate it, and then (c) compare it with one or more other relationship pattern measures. Beyond these purposes our aim is to indicate the values of these new methods for personality and psychotherapy research.