Biomedical subjects

Volker Tschuschke

Publications and source records attributed to Volker Tschuschke.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2005

Coping and survival in patients with leukemia undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation--long-term follow-up of a prospective study.

OBJECTIVE: The exploratory study examined the relationship between coping and survival in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT). METHODS: Patients scheduled for BMT were recruited from 1990 until 1995 at the University Hospital of Ulm, Germany. They were interviewed before transplantation, and the corresponding records were checked in December 2002. Seventy-two audiotaped interviews could be analyzed for 34 coping strategies as defined in the Ulm Coping Manual (UCM). Main outcome measure was survival time post-BMT. RESULTS: On average, the patients were 35 years old, 65% were male, and 56% diagnosed acute leukemia (AL). Four coping strategies were found to show a clear trend towards an association with survival time: emotional support, acceptance, taking control, and compensation. The last strategy was associated with shorter, the others with longer survival. CONCLUSION: We found further evidence for an association between coping and survival. Because of the possible wide-reaching consequences for clinical management, replication of the data is essential.

Acute Disease↗

PubMed2002

Group therapists' training: what predicts learning?

This field study represents the continuing effort to identify the determinants of learning within experiential small study groups. Thirty-seven training groups from the 1996 Institute of the American Group Psychotherapy Association were studied. Three process measures (Group Relationship Questionnaire [GRQ], Leader Adjective Measure [LAM], and Group Climate Questionnaire [GCQ]) were administered to 434 group members after the first two of four group sessions. Process variables were used to predict learning (measured by the Learning Evaluation Form [LEF]) at the end of the training groups. The factors derived from each of the measures showed good to excellent correspondence with previous studies employing the same instruments. Results suggest that perceptions of the leader and the group, rather than perceptions of one's own relationship to other group members, are more robust predictors of learning in these short-term training groups. Specifically, perceptions of an emotionally engaged group willing to confront conflict, and perceptions of a skillful leader, proved to be significant predictors of learning. Implications for the training of group therapists and group therapy research are discussed.

Factor Analysis, Statistical↗