Novel Applications and Developments of the SCORS-G (1.5 CEs)

Abstract

The SCORS-G has typically been applied to narrative-based measures such as the Thematic Apperception Test, early memory protocols, and psychotherapy transcripts. In this symposium, various presenters will describe new developments with the SCORS-G system, including how it can be applied to the Self–Other Narrative Evaluation Scale, a scale that measures interpersonal autobiographic memories, the DSM-IV Defensive Functioning Scale, the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology, the Personality Assessment Inventory, and to a linguistic, text-based analyses, such as the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC-22). Comparing the SCORS-G dimensions to these scales may allow for deeper understanding about the individual dimensions of the SCORS-G that assess social cognition and the structural, emotional, and relational dimensions of internalized representations of self and others. Another paper will analyze the factor structure of the SCORS-G, with a particular focus on how the content of the card may influence the underlying factor structure, which may account for the diverging factor structures that have been reported in various research studies on the SCORS-G. This research will build on recent developments that have analyzed the impact of “card pull”, i.e., how the stimulus properties affect the stories being told and their implications for future SCORS-G research.

Chair

Michelle Stein | Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Goals & Objectives

1. Describe how the SCORS-G factor structure is impacted by card selection.
2. Assess how the SCORS-G dimensions intersects with LIWC variables.
3. Identify the relationship between the SCORS-G and the SONES.
4. Compare the SCORS-G, DFS, HiTOP, and PAI.