Affect regulation in psychoanalytic treatments of patients with a borderline personality disorder–psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy–a comparison

Figure 2 Therapeutic action and positive affect. The evaluation of therapeutic action (‘thakt’, i.e., psychotherapy process Q-sort-therapeutic action) and positive affects in patients [‘Affect experience and affect regulation Q-sort (AREQ)-EF2’, i.e., AREQ-positive affect] was performed semi-annually in five consecutive therapy sessions (measurement 1-5). The results of the annual measurements (baseline, 12, 24 and 36 mo) of thakt and AREQ-EF2 (mean) are presented in the figure for the psychoanalysis and for the psychodynamic therapy group. PSA: Psychoanalysis; PDT: Psychodynamic psychotherapy.