PSYCO335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Firstline, Weighted Arithmetic Mean, Meta-Analysis
18 Dec 2017
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Chapter 14: intervention: identifying key elements of change. Common factors are elements that occur in all or most treatments and are believed to be critical for successful client outcomes. In 2004, david orlinsky and colleagues reviewed the history of process-outcome research: in the 1950s and 60s, psychologists began using recordings of psychotherapy sessions and standardized measures of clients" and therapists" experience of the treatment process. Therapists tend to behave in ways that are consistent with their theoretical orientations. Patients who experienced sudden gains were less likely than other patients to experience relapse in the two years following treatment. Vittengl, clark, and jarrett (2005) found evidence of sudden gains in patients who received pill placebos as well as in those who received anti-depressant medication. Higher socioeconomic status is associated with a greater likelihood of engaging in and staying in treatment: ethnicity: Similarity between client and therapist ethnicity is associated with a greater likelihood of clients staying in treatment: gender:
