Diagnostic kit - Rosenzweig test

EVALUATION OF FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE  OF THE PERSONALITY C THE CLINICOPSYCHOLOGICAL  AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PRACTICE

(Psychodiagnostic Monograph)

"ASSESSMENT OF THE FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE OF PERSONALITY IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PRACTICE (Psychodiagnostic monograph)" by Prof. Pavlina Petkova and Dr. Kaloyan Kukov

The monograph by Prof. P. Petkova and Dr. K. Kukov analyzes one of the key tools in clinical and forensic psychology. It covers 250 pages and is structured in 4 chapters; which refer to the theoretical concepts, the diagnostic possibilities of the instrument, the research in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian adaptation of the test. In addition, a catalog of the individual situations in the test is attached, which illustrates and supports the training.

The privilege and courage to write this review is derivable from the fact; that the Rosenzweig test is a major tool in my forensic psychiatry dissertation. The instrument is markedly projective and provides significantly more information than the standard examination and psychiatric examination.

Examining frustration tolerance in different dimensions – extrapunitive, intrapunitive and punitive, as well as the relationship of frustration to the person and the situation, the test gives us extremely valuable information about the individual's reaction in a situation of severe difficulties, respectively frustration.

Diagnostic kit - Rosenzweig test

The authors Pavlina Petkova and Kaloyan Kukov are prominent clinical psychologists and psychodiagnostics, which is evident from the fabric of the constructed monograph. They have a vast experience of their own with the instrument, which is evident not only in the narration of the theoretical and historical construct; but also in the transformation of the own data into a modern reading of the test established in practice.

Of particular value is the analysis and refinement of test reliability and validity in light of the statistical tools of the 21st century. In this section, the authors prove that Rosenzweig's test has high reliability in the Bulgarian population cohort they studied.

A special emphasis of the monograph is its practical applicability in the training of students and specialists with an interest in clinical psychology.

In conclusion, this large and thorough research paper fills a gap in our scientific literature in clinical psychology. Its usefulness in training and practice is undoubted and will be proven in the future.

My assessment of the merits of the monograph is unequivocally positive, and I trust that the authors will continue their efforts in their educational vocation and mission as educators.

For the authors

Assoc. Pavlina Petkova, MD, associate professor of clinical psychology. Graduated from Sofia University "St. Cl. Ohridski", has a specialty in clinical psychology and a defended doctorate in medicine on the topic "Psychological analysis of the aggressive predisposition of the personality". Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist and Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Supervisor.

She was trained to work with projective methods in clinical-psychological research by a team of teachers from Germany and England; training for individual psychotherapy with hypnosis and reproduction; qualification courses in forensic psychiatry; a training course on conducting a dynamic interview and therapeutic work with a client under supervision.

Two-year training at the New Bulgarian University in therapeutic skills and group for own experience; a training 'Leicester Conference' on group relations by a team of lecturers (David Armstrong, Robert Young, Paul Hoggitt) from the Institute of Human Relations.

Tavistock, UK; two years of supervised training for therapeutic case management under Fulbright Scholar Prof. Nancy Cook von Bretzel from the University of San Francisco, USA; short-term psychotherapy training course with Steve deShazer, USA.

Training seminars, psychoanalysis courses with Prof. David Reason from London, Great Britain; training in forensic and clinical psychology at Carleton University, Canada; training in forensic psychology and counseling, Specialized Probation Care Programs - Dorothy Tonak.

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International Institute for Mentally Challenged Offenders, London; training in cognitive behavioral psychotherapy with Paul Salkovskis, Hermine Graham 1998, 1999, 2001; Irene Ostrich 1999, 2001; Melanie Fennell 1999; Volker Roeder, 2000; Paul Webble 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, Mehmed Shungur 2002, Tom Borkowitz 2004, 2005, 2006; Training and Certification to Work with Aggression and Sexual Offense Risk Assessment Manuals - Prof. Marnie Reiss, PhD.

MBACP, The Research Department, Mental Health Center Penetanguishene, ON, Canada, 2002. Lecturer at Sofia University, Medical University - Sofia, Varna Free University, Burgas Free University. For many years he was the head of the post-graduate training program in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. She participated in a number of international scientific projects. He has a large number of publications in the fields of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, as well as contributing to 5 manuals of psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.

• Diagnostic kit
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Dr. Ph.D.Sc. Kaloyan Kukov

graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in psychology at the Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo", after which he began working at the Assumption State Psychiatric Hospital. Acquired a medical specialty in Clinical Psychology at Paraskev Stoyanov Medical University, Varna, as well as defended a dissertation for an educational and scientific doctorate degree at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in the field of clinical psychology.

He gained clinical experience at Saint Marina Hospital in the field of clinical psychology in people with mental disorders, somatic medicine in childhood and adolescence, as well as in people with infectious and neurological diseases.

Defending the degree of Doctor of Sciences in the field of clinical - medical psychology at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" in 2017, on the topic "Neurocognition and HIV". He is currently a lecturer at the Medical University of Sofia in the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology and a clinical psychologist at the "Alexandrovska" Medical Center.

Systematically conducts training courses for psychodiagnostics in methods for cognitions, intelligence, personality traits, expert assessments. He teaches at the Medical University - Sofia, where he leads lectures related to Medical Psychology, Clinical Psychodiagnostics in the Psychiatry modules. He teaches forensic psychology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". He has published two monographs, two textbooks and seven manuals.