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The Dyad Grid: A Modification of Repertory Grid Technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. Lunghi
Affiliation:
Fainter, Brighton, Sussex

Extract

We have previously reported the use of repertory grid testing to extend the understanding of psychopathology in neurotic patients and to test predictions about the effects of therapy (Ryle, 1967; Ryle and Lunghi, 1969). In these tests the elements were people known to the subject, and the constructs were elicited from him. Repertory grid testing can supplement the data obtained from clinical interviews, notably in the following ways:

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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