Psychotherapy-relevant personality traits and competencies
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Participants of the Austrian psychotherapeutic propaedeutic program complete a one-time anonymous online survey using LimeSurvey. The survey assesses sociodemographic variables, personality t
Weissenbacher et al., 2026) are used. The dataset includes personality traits and psychotherapy-relevant competencies and serves as a comparison sample for participants of the Austrian psychotherapeut
Sponsors
Universität Graz
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: German language proficiency at C1 level, no acute mental illness, active enrollment in the Austrian psychotherapeutic propaedeutic program, and provision of informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • lack of informed consent • incomplete questionnaire data • no active enrollment in the Austrian psychotherapeutic propaedeutic program • German language proficiency below C1 level • duplicate participation or duplicate records in the dataset
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Group differences between participants of the Austrian psychotherapeutic propaedeutic program and second-career teacher candidates regarding: • Emotion Regulation, assessed at T1 (one-time cross-sectional assessment at the beginning of psychotherapeutic training) using ERIPS (Emotion Regulation in Pedagogical Situations – short version in preparation; Koschmieder & Neubauer, 2021) • Openness to Diversity, assessed at T1 using a situational judgment test (Koschmieder et al., 2022; Lommer, 2022) • Appreciation of Creative Personality, assessed at T1 (ACP; Jauk et al., 2019) • Big Five personality traits, assessed at T1 using the Big Five-K (Short version of the Big Five Inventory; Lang, Lüdtke, & Asendorpf, 2004) • Health and recovery behavior, resilience, and stress management, assessed at T1 using the Strain Assessment (Weissenbacher et al., 2025) Data are collected using LimeSurvey. Existing anonymized secondary data from the TESAT-SC are used for the comparison group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Empathy, assessed at T1 using the SPF-IRI (Saarbrücken Personality Questionnaire for the Assessment of Empathy; Paulus, 2009) • Mentalization ability, assessed at T1 using the MZQ (Mentalization Questionnaire; Hausberg et al., 2012; Riedl et al., 2023) | — |
Countries
Austria
Contacts
Public ContactBarbara Pammer
Universität Graz
Outcome results
None listed