PSYCHOTHERAPY ENGAGERS VERSUS NON-ENGAGERS
PSYCHOTHERAPY ENGAGERS VERSUS NON-ENGAGERS
PSYCHOTHERAPY ENGAGERS VERSUS NON-ENGAGERS
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8 women who were interviewed to determine whether they were appropriate and<br />
motivated for brief therapy; all 8 women had valid profiles on the MMPI and elevated<br />
scores on the scales of Depression and Psychasthenia. The primary diagnoses as judged<br />
by the researchers based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders<br />
(American Psychiatric Association, 1981; DSM-III) were dysthymic (n = 5), generalized-<br />
anxiety (n = 2), and cyclothymic (n = 1) disorders. Judges for the therapist response<br />
modes were 9 undergraduates (6 women, 3 men). Counselors conducted 12 to 20<br />
counseling sessions (about 50 minutes per session) with their assigned clients. All<br />
sessions were videotaped. After each session, clients and counselors watched the<br />
videotape of the session. Both clients and counselors rated the helpfulness of each<br />
therapist speaking turn on a 9-point scale (Helpfulness scale; Elliott, 1985; Elliott,<br />
Barker, Caskey, & Pistrang, 1982). Clients also rated their reactions from the Client<br />
Reactions System (Hill et al., 1988), whereas counselors indicated up to five intentions<br />
for each speaking turn (Therapist Intentions List; Hill & O’Grady, 1985), and observers<br />
rated the peak client experiencing level on a 7-point scale (Client Experiencing scale;<br />
Klein, Mathieu, Gendlin, & Kiesler, 1970; Klein, Mathieu-Coughlan, & Kiesler, 1986).<br />
Results indicated that response modes were significantly related [Pillai’s F(24, 48780) =<br />
23.46, p < .001] to the three immediate outcome measures. Self-disclosure,<br />
interpretation, approval, and paraphrase were the most helpful response modes. The<br />
amount of unique variance accounted for by response modes was about 1%, which is<br />
substantial considering that frequently more than one type of response mode was used per<br />
counselor speaking turn, that other process variables that interact with response modes<br />
(such as counselor intentions, counselor nonverbal behaviors, etc.) were not considered,<br />
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