Therapeutic Reactance in a Depressed Client Sample
Autor: | Jacob M. Marszalek, Kurt D. Baker, Hope Sullivan |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Psychotherapist Reactance Psychological intervention 050109 social psychology Sample (statistics) Resistance (psychoanalysis) Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Internal-External Control Applied Psychology Aged Defense Mechanisms Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Depression 05 social sciences Reproducibility of Results Construct validity Middle Aged 050106 general psychology & cognitive sciences Clinical Psychology Scale (social sciences) Female Construct (philosophy) Psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Assessment. 10:135-142 |
ISSN: | 1552-3489 1073-1911 |
Popis: | The impact of client variables on psychotherapy is of both theoretical and practical importance. Reactance—the premise that individuals seek to maintain control over personal freedoms when threatened by a perceived loss thereof—has been shown to have an impact on the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions. Developing an effective means of quantitatively assessing this characteristic prior to treatment could facilitate treatment planning and maximize treatment outcome. The present study compared two paper-and-pencil measures of reactance: the Therapeutic Reactance Scale (TRS) and Resistance Potential (RP). Ninety-eight men and women diagnosed with depression completed both measures. The TRS and RP failed to correlate despite their presumed ability to measure the same construct. The RP exhibited extremely poor internal consistency, calling into question results that have been based on this measure. The TRS results provided evidence of convergent, divergent, and construct validity for this instrument. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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