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The Central Relationship Questionnaire (CRQ): Psychometric Properties in a Swedish Sample and Cross-Cultural Studies

Received December 27, 1999; revised June 21, 2000; accepted June 23, 2000. From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychotherapy Section, and Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Center for Psychotherapy Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Address correspondence to Dr. Weinryb, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Psychotherapy Section, Karolinska Institute, Björngårdsgatan 25, SE-118 52 Stockholm, Sweden; e-mail: robert.weinryb{at}knv.ki.se

The Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) method is one of the most widely used and tested instruments developed within a psychoanalytic context for assessing central relationship patterns or characteristic patterns of relating to others. The Swedish version of the Central Relationship Questionnaire (CRQ), a recently developed self-report instrument based on the CCRT, was tested in a sample of Swedish psychology students (31 men, 60 women) and compared with responses of Swedish outpatients (15 men, 15 women) and North American students (49 men, 49 women). The subscales of the Swedish CRQ showed acceptable internal consistency and correlated with each other in a predictable fashion, displaying a pattern of intercorrelations similar to the English version. The CRQ showed meaningful patterns of correspondence with self-reported interpersonal problems as well as meaningful differences between the Swedish students and Swedish outpatients, indicating preliminary convergent and divergent validity.

Key Words: Rating Instruments • Core Conflictual Relationship Theme Method • Cross-Cultural and Cross-Ethnic Studies