THE IMPACT OF VARIATIONS IN TREATMENT RATIONALES ON EXPECTANCIES FOR THERAPEUTIC CHANGE
THE IMPACT OF VARIATIONS IN TREATMENT RATIONALES ON EXPECTANCIES FOR THERAPEUTIC CHANGE
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DOI:
10.1016/s0005-7894(83)80058-6
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
KROUSE, R
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作者:
KAZDIN, AE;KROUSE, R
The effects of altering the treatment rationale on expectancies for therapeutic change [in psychotherapy] were examined in 3 analog experiments. In each experiment, undergraduate students listened to descriptions of alternative treatments as applied to a clinical case and evaluated the extent to which therapy was likely to lead to improvements in the client. Experiment 1 evaluated the effect of varying the respectability and prestige value of treatment; experiment 2 examined the influence of examples of successfully treated cases included in the treatment description; experiment 3 examined if treatment focusing on affect, cognition and behavior rather than on behavior alone and description of treatment in technical jargon rather than ordinary language generated different expectancies for therapeutic change. Treatments generated greater expectancies for therapeutic change, were evaluated more favorably and were viewed as more potent when they were said to be based on scientific research, tested in clinical trials and novel in relation to traditional therapies and when case exemplars who had been successfully treated were included in the treatment description. When treatment was described as having a broader focus (affect, cognition and behavior) and persented in technical jargon, it generated greater expectancies for therapeutic change and was evaluated more favorably than when the focus was on behavior alone or when treatment was described in ordinary language.