Table 6.

Summary of the study: hypotheses, results, and conclusions.

Hypothesis No.	The content of the hypotheses	Results	Conclusions
#1	There is an interaction between (1) the integrated and functional patients and (2) the remaining three groups of personality dispositionsa concerning the relation between the SCCb fluctuation (SCC RMSEc) and the magnitude of neurotic symptoms change from pre-therapy to post-therapy measurement	t –ratio with test of significance of parameters p < 0.01, explained variance = 7.9%	The hypothesis is partially confirmed. The statistically significant correlation between the SCC fluctuation and the psychotherapy outcome was observed only among the group of patients with unhealthy personality disposition
	There is a negative correlation between SCC RMSE and the change of symptoms among the integrated and functional patients	r(20) = −0.22, p > 0.05
	There is a positive correlation between SCC RMSE and the change of symptoms among the remaining three groups	r(61) = 0.42, p < 0.001, explained variance = 17.6%
#2	There is an interaction between (1) the integrated and functional patients and (2) the remaining three groups of personality dispositions concerning the relation between monotonic increase and the “V” shape of SCC change, and the magnitude of neurotic symptoms change from pre-therapy to post-therapy measurement	F(4, 75) = 2.25, p < 0.07, explained variance = 11%	The hypothesis is partially confirmed. The difference was confirmed only for the “V” shape Moreover as the p-value amounts 0.07 this result needs further studies with greater sample size
	The monotonic increase of SCC is more beneficial for the integrated and functional in comparison to the remaining three categories of personality dispositions	Bonferroni test, p > 0.05
	The “V” shape is less favorable for the integrated and functional in comparison to the remaining three categories of personality dispositions	Bonferroni test, p < 0.05
#2a	Among the integrated and functional patients with a symptomatic improvement, there is a bigger frequency of monotonic increase of SCC than among the integrated and functional patients with no symptomatic improvement	Lχ2(1, N = 22) = 4.63, p < 0.05	The hypothesis is confirmed
#2b	Among the integrated and dysfunctional patients with a symptomatic improvement, there is a bigger frequency of “V” shapes of SCC change than among the integrated and dysfunctional patients with no symptomatic improvement	Lχ2(1, N = 21) = 5.64, p < 0.05	The hypothesis is confirmed
#2c	Among the disintegrated and dysfunctional patients with a symptomatic improvement, both the frequency of monotonic increase and “V” shape of SCC change is higher than among the disintegrated and dysfunctional patients with no symptomatic improvement	Lχ2(1, N = 32) = 4.20, p < 0.05 Lχ2(1, N = 32) = 8.89, p < 0.01	The hypothesis is confirmed
#2d	Among all four groups of personality disposition with a symptomatic improvement, there is a smaller frequency of monotonic decrease of SCC than among these groups with no symptomatic improvement	Lχ2(1, N = 85) = 21.13, p < 0.001	The hypothesis is confirmed

^aRemaining three groups of personality—integrated and dysfunctional, disintegrated and functional, and disintegrated and dysfunctional.

^bSCC, Self-concept clarity.

^cSCC RMSE, fluctuations of the self-concept clarity (RMSE = Root Mean Square Error).