Psychophysiological approaches to the evaluation of psychotherapeutic process and outcome.

Psychophysiological approaches to the evaluation of psychotherapeutic process and outcome, 1991: Contributions from social psychophysiology.

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/1040-3590.3.3.321 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 321-336 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

John T. Cacioppo ◽

Gary G. Berntson ◽

Barbara L. Andersen

Keyword(s):

Psychotherapeutic Process ◽

Process And Outcome

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Assessing Clinically Significant Change: Application to the SCL-90–R

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.263 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 86 (1) ◽

pp. 263-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Norbert Schmitz ◽

Norbert Hartkamp ◽

Gabriele H. Franke

Keyword(s):

Clinical Significance ◽

Psychotherapy Research ◽

Outcome Data ◽

Outcome Study ◽

Symptom Checklist ◽

Reliable Change ◽

Psychotherapeutic Process ◽

Clinically Significant Change ◽

Process And Outcome ◽

Clinically Significant

A Symptom Checklist (SCL-90–R) is a potentially useful measure of psychological distress; it is frequently used in psychotherapy research and clinical practice. The purpose of this study was to illustrate the use of the SCL-90–R for determining statistically reliable change and clinical significance outlined by Jacobson and Truax in 1991. This paper describes the concepts of statistical and clinical significance of change. A proposal for obtaining and characterizing samples is made. Then a clinician's perspective is taken. Reliable change estimates and cut-off scores are chosen based on outcome data. Selected data from a single psychotherapeutic process and outcome study then were used to test the estimates of change and cut-off scores.

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Intellectual Ability and Educational Achievement as Predictors of Patients' Defensiveness

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1988.63.1.35 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 35-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

John E. Dalton ◽

Sanford L. Pederson ◽

Mary V. Guillet ◽

Ivan N. Aubuchon

Keyword(s):

Social Desirability ◽

Educational Achievement ◽

Intellectual Ability ◽

Social Desirability Scale ◽

Psychotherapeutic Process ◽

Process And Outcome

The Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, a measure of defensiveness, is related to various psychotherapeutic process and outcome variables. The present study tested the hypothesis that lower intellectual ability and educational achievement are associated with defensiveness. In a sample of 50 patients in psychotherapy, defensiveness was not significantly correlated with WAIS—R IQs estimated from Shipley-Hartford scores and only weakly related (−.26) to education. It appears that patients' defensiveness is relatively unassociated with these objective indices of ability and achievement.

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Images of Aging in the Psychotherapeutic Context

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000129 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 47-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Eva-Marie Kessler ◽

Catherine E. Bowen

Keyword(s):

Old Age ◽

Diagnostic Tests ◽

Aging Process ◽

Developmental Psychology ◽

Mental Representations ◽

Later Life ◽

Future Research ◽

Psychotherapeutic Process ◽

Images Of Aging ◽

Client Communication

Both psychotherapists and their clients have mental representations of old age and the aging process. In this conceptual review, we draw on available research from gerontology, social and developmental psychology, and communication science to consider how these “images of aging” may affect the psychotherapeutic process with older clients. On the basis of selected empirical findings we hypothesize that such images may affect the pathways to psychotherapy in later life, therapist-client communication, client performance on diagnostic tests as well as how therapists select and apply a therapeutic method. We posit that interventions to help both older clients and therapists to reflect on their own images of aging may increase the likelihood of successful treatment. We conclude by making suggestions for future research.

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