Therapist content relevance and patient affect in treatment

✍ Scribed by Aaron Rosen; Eric Wish

• Book ID: 101342796
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 457 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(198001)36:1<242::aid-jclp2270360129>3.0.co;2-6

✦ Synopsis

Investigated therapist content relevance, the extent to which therapist res onsea correspond to patient expectations with regard to treatment content a n 8 therapist behaviors, in relation to the affect of VA patients (N = 22) during the first two therapy sessions and to their self-reported satisfaction after the second session. Extent of therapist content relevance was associated significantly and consistently with decreases in patient dejection and ap re- hension, as rated by observers from interview transcripts that used an aiect adjective check list. It did not relate, however, to patient self-reported satisfaction. Methodological and conceptual differences in the measurement of affect and satisfaction are discussed also in relation to future research.