Intersession Experience Questionnaire Short (IEQ-S): psychometric properties and longitudinal associations with symptoms of an 8-item short version of the Intersession Experience Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT: Intersession experiences - thoughts, feelings, and fantasies about therapy or the therapist between sessions - are relevant markers of therapeutic engagement and internalization. However, existing measures like the Intersession Experience Questionnaire (IEQ) are lengthy and difficult to implement in routine care. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a brief, psychometrically sound version of the IEQ that retained the most important dimensions, the Intersession Experience Questionnaire-Short (IEQ-S), to facilitate repeated assessments in clinical and research settings.Based on the German IEQ, eight items with the highest factor loadings across conceptual domains were selected. Cross-sectional data from five clinical samples (N=165) and longitudinal data from another sample of 72 outpati

SUBMITTER: Gablonski TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12685439 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature