Understanding processes of change: how some patients reveal more than others-and some groups of therapists less-about what matters in psychotherapy.
Psychother Res
; 24(3): 419-28, 2014.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24219275
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We identify difficulties researchers encounter in psychotherapy process-outcome investigations, and we describe several limitations of the popular "variance accounted for" approach to understanding the effects of psychotherapy. METHODS &RESULTS:
Using data simulations, we show how the expected correlation between an excellent measure of therapy quality and outcome would be surprisingly small (approximately .25) under conditions likely to be common in psychotherapy research. Even when we modeled conditions designed to increase the likelihood that strong process-outcome relationships would be observed, we found that the expected correlations were still only in the modest range (.38-.51).CONCLUSIONS:
We discuss the implications of our analysis for the interpretation of process-outcome findings as well as for design considerations in future investigations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Professional-Patient Relations
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Psychotherapy
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Self Disclosure
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Psychother Res
Journal subject:
PSICOLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM