The effects of manual-based training on treatment fidelity and outcome: A review of the literature on adult individual psychotherapy
The effects of manual-based training on treatment fidelity and outcome: A review of the literature on adult individual psychotherapy
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DOI:
10.1037/0033-3204.39.2.184
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发表时间:
2002-06-01
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Binder, JL
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作者:
Miller, SJ;Binder, JL
The authors examine training issues related to the use of treatment manuals in psychotherapy outcome research. In particular, they examine methodological considerations such as the ope rationalization of manual-based training, trainer effects, therapist variables that mediate training, issues related to experimental design, and the choice and definition of appropriate dependent variables. The research literature indicates that manual-based training can produce technical adherence. Improvements in treatment competence were seen within, as opposed to across, cases. Researchers have been unable to draw strong links between treatment fidelity and patient outcomes. The review concludes that the limited focus on training studies in the manual-based treatment field compromises conclusions drawn from psychotherapy outcome research that relies on manuals to ensure a uniform delivery of the experimental variable.