| Clients' assessment of the affective environment of the psychotherapy session: relationship to session quality and treatment effectiveness. | |
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PMID: 10392790 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This study investigated clients' affective experience during therapy. Clients (N= 268) completed Therapy Session Reports (TSR) in an early session of treatment. The two sections of the TSR that assess how the client felt and how the client perceived the therapist to be feeling were combined and factor analyzed. Six stable and meaningful factors were derived (Client Distressed, Client Remoralized, Reciprocal Intimacy, Therapist Confident Involvement, Client Inhibited, and Therapist Distracted). Affect scale scores were created and compared to session quality and treatment effectiveness. Clients' affective experience was highly correlated with patient-rated session quality. The association between clients' affective experience during the session and treatment effectiveness was fairly strong for relatively brief therapy but insignificant for relatively lengthy treatment. The implications for practitioners, who--in contrast to most measures of therapeutic process--have easy access to clients' in-session emotional experiences, are discussed. |
Authors:
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S M Saunders |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of clinical psychology Volume: 55 ISSN: 0021-9762 ISO Abbreviation: J Clin Psychol Publication Date: 1999 May |
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Created Date: 1999-07-23 Completed Date: 1999-07-23 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0217132 Medline TA: J Clin Psychol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 597-605 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA. |
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Adult Emotions Female Humans Male Patient Satisfaction* Professional-Patient Relations* Psychotherapy* Treatment Outcome |
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