A Semantic Space Approach to Representations of Self and Other in Pathological Grief: A Case Study

Abstract

A semantic space model of mental representations of self and other was applied in a case study of pathological grief Traits and characteristics elicited on a questionnaire were used to elicit judgments of similarity of representations of self and important others to one another before therapy began, in the middle of therapy, and at the conclusion of therapy The similarity judgments were analyzed using multidimensional scaling The products of these analyses yielded findings that converged with those derived from coding the therapy transcripts and showed relations between emotions and representations of self