PSYC 450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Evidence-Based Practice, Therapeutic Relationship, Behaviour Therapy
11 Oct 2016
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Attention only control group- a control group whose members meet regularly with a clinician but receive no (cid:498)active(cid:499) treatment. Common factors- a set of features that characterize many therapy orientations and that may be the source of the positive changes effected by psychological treatment. Control group- in psychotherapy research, the control group that does not receive treatment under investigation. Depth of a problem- the changeability of a condition or behavior. Effect size- the size of the treatment effect (determined statistically) Effectiveness studies- studies that emphasize external validity and the representativeness of the treatment that is administered. A treatment is considered effective to the extent that clients report clinically significant benefit from the treatment. Evidence based treatments (ebts)- those interventions or techniques that have produced significant change in clients and patients in controlled trials. Evidence based practice (ebp)- treatments informed by a number of sources,
