MEASURED RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SEXUAL MOTIVATION AND ANXIETY

CONTENT ANALYSIS OF ALL SESSIONS IN THE SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH 10 STUDENT OUTPATIENTS TREATED BY BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY PROVIDED DATA ON THE FREQUENCIES OF SENTENCE UNITS IN 4 CATEGORIES: SEXUAL MOTIVATION, SEXUAL ANXIETY, GENERAL ANXIETY, AND OTHER. CATEGORIZED UNITS FOR PATIENTS WHO SOUGHT READMISSION WITHIN 10 MO. AFTER TERMINATION WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE OF TERMINATED PATIENTS WHO REPORTED IN FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO COPE WITH THEIR PROBLEMS. THE 2 GROUPS DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY IN RELATIONSHIPS OF THESE CATEGORIES IN THE 1ST QUARTER OF THE INTERVIEW SERIES. THE STUDY SUGGESTS THAT A STUDENT PATIENT'S INITIAL CAPACITY TO FOCUS ON HETEROSEXUAL PROBLEMS RATHER THAN GENERAL ANXIETY MIGHT BE CONSIDERED INDICATIVE OF SUITABILITY FOR BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY.