Chapter 14 Flashcards
Research that examines patterns within and across therapy sessions
process research
Research that examines the relation between variables related to provided therapy and outcomes
process-outcome research
Therapeutic elements that occur in all or most treatments and are believed to be critical for success
common factors
What does both process and process-outcome research focus on?
how an intervention works
What was commonly used as a way of gathering process data in the 1950s and 1960s?
recordings of psychotherapy sessions and measures of experiences
When do people experience the most gains from treatment?
early sessions
Why do people make large gains in the 4th to 6th sessions?
a change in the way they think about themselves
What is one of the main difficulties in studying process and process orientation?
researchers don’t operationalize in the same way
What personal client variable has the largest impact on treatment outcome?
socioeconomic status
What personal therapist variable has the largest influence on treatment outcomes?
emotional well-being
What influences a client to do therapy?
life context, life experiences, and personality
When is therapist effectiveness most important?
when treating patients with high levels of problem severity
When are therapist interpretations most successful?
when the client has good interpersonal skills
The tendency to react against attempts to influence one’s behaviour
reactance
When a therapist actively tries to influence behaviour
therapist directiveness
When is enchanting patient self-awareness best?
when they are introspective or internalizing
Does doing homework improve patient outcomes?
yes
What are the common factors of psychological treatment?
these are kinda unknown and not agreed upon
What are the dimensions of common factors?
support factors, learning factors and action factors
Theoretical models that explicitly incorporate aspects of multiple theoretical approaches and common factors
integrative treatment models
Why is the therapeutic alliance so important?
part of several perspectives, and is the most researched common factor
In the contexts of psychotherapy research, all psychotherapies are equivalent
dodo bird verdict
What type of treatment has the largest effect sizes?
cognitive behavioural
What is one strength of the psychotherapy equivalency position
evidence based treatment initiatives overemphasize differences in treatments
What is the average effect size of the differences between therapies?
d=.2
The relationships between clients, therapists and the group.
group cohesion
