Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1447-1450
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
A reliability assessment of the Psychotherapy Supervisory Inventory
SB Shanfield, PC Mohl, K Matthews and V Hetherly
Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio 78284-7792.
The authors investigated the reliability of the Psychotherapy Supervisory
Inventory scales, which rate behaviors of supervisors on the basis of
observation of supervision sessions. The scales assess focus on the
therapist and the patient, intellectual and experimental orientation,
number of clarifying and interpretive comments, intensity of confrontation,
depth of exploration, verbal activity level of the supervisor, dominance of
the supervisor and the therapist, comfort and tension levels, and empathy
of the supervisor. Intraclass correlation coefficients were significant for
all scales, indicating that trained observers can agree in distinguishing
supervisory behaviors. These scales can be used in further research and for
feedback to supervisors.
