ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights our approach to scoring and provides strategies to assist coders in efficiently recognizing and coding SCORS-G dimensions. We emphasize that certain narratives are going to be inherently easier to rate than others for a variety of reasons, whether it is because of the type of data one is using (i.e., TAT, early memory, or psychotherapy narrative) or because of complications that arise within the narrative such as organization, opposing characters, narrative being sparse, etc. We provide numerous examples on how to troubleshoot concerns when they arise. Also, we demonstrate how the coder’s object-relational world can influence ratings. Lastly, we emphasize the benefit of “coding/scoring buddies” not only to assist in attaining reliability, but also to discuss ideas and questions, to gain a deeper understanding of the person, as well as to assist in identifying when personal vulnerabilities are impacting ratings.
