psychotherapy research

Question 1

Eysenck on benefits of psychotherapy

Answer 1

effects are small or nonexistent; due to spontaneous remission

Question 2

Eysenck results

Answer 2

improvement:
72% neurotic adults in control group
66% receiving eclectic therapy
44% receiving psychoanalytic

Question 3

Meta-analysis

Answer 3

smith

Question 4

effect size

Answer 4

mean outcome score of tx group - mean outcome score of control divided by std of control group;
indicates difference between average patients in treatment and control groups in terms of standard deviation units

Question 5

smith glass and miller (1980)

Answer 5

effect size of therapy .85=therapy clients better off than 80% of untreated

Question 6

comparing therapies, which are better

Answer 6

none consistently superior, CBT may be more effective for panic, phobias, compulsions

Question 7

Lambert and Bergin (1994)

Answer 7

positive change due to common factors, eg. catharsis, therapeutic relationship, behavioral regulation, cognitive learning and mastery