A prospective study of therapist facilitative interpersonal skills as a predictor of treatment outcome
| Autor: | Andrew S. McClintock, Timothy Anderson, Lina K. Himawan, Candace L. Patterson, Xiaoxia Song |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Character 050103 clinical psychology Adolescent Interpersonal communication behavioral disciplines and activities Task (project management) Social Skills Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Interpersonal relationship 0302 clinical medicine Social skills Humans Interpersonal Relations 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Prospective Studies Young adult Set (psychology) Prospective cohort study 05 social sciences Multilevel model Professional-Patient Relations 030227 psychiatry Psychotherapy Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Outcome and Process Assessment Health Care Female Psychology human activities Follow-Up Studies Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 84:57-66 |
| ISSN: | 1939-2117 0022-006X |
| DOI: | 10.1037/ccp0000060 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE This study examined whether therapists' facilitative interpersonal skills (FIS) would prospectively predict the outcomes of therapies that occurred more than one year later. METHOD Therapists were 44 clinical psychology trainees who completed the FIS performance task and a self-reported measure of social skills in the initial weeks of their training. In the FIS task, prospective therapists were presented with a standard set of videos portraying clients in therapy. Verbal responses to these therapeutic simulations were recorded and then rated by trained coders. More than one year later, the therapists began providing psychotherapy to clients in a psychology clinic. Clients completed a symptom measure before each therapy session. RESULTS Using multilevel modeling, it was found that therapist FIS significantly predicted client symptom change. That is, higher FIS therapists were more effective than lower FIS therapists. However, subsequent analyses showed that this FIS effect was not uniform across all therapy durations; specifically, higher FIS therapists were more effective than lower FIS therapists over shorter durations (e.g., ≤8 sessions) but did not differ from lower FIS therapists in effectiveness for the small percentage of therapies that were longer-term (e.g., >16 sessions). CONCLUSIONS Therapists' interpersonal characteristics may influence client progress in therapy. |
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