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Magill M, Walthers J, Figuereo V, Torres L, Montanez Z, Jackson K, Colby SM, Lee CS. The role of the relational context and therapists' technical behaviors in brief motivational interviewing sessions for heavy alcohol consumption: Findings from a sample of Latinx adults. J Subst Abuse Treat 2023; 144:108898. [PMID: 36270197 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Motivational interviewing (MI) theory and process research highlights the role of therapist technical and relational behaviors in predicting client in-session statements for or against behavior change (i.e., change and sustain talk, respectively). These client statements, in turn, have been shown to predict intervention outcomes. The current study examines sequential associations between therapist behaviors and client change and sustain talk in a sample of Latinx individuals who engage in heavy alcohol consumption. DATA Data are from a completed randomized clinical trial of a culturally adapted (CAMI) versus unadapted MI targeting alcohol use and consequences among Latinx individuals. METHOD The study collected observational coding data with the Motivational Interviewing Skill Code (MISC 2.5, i.e., therapist behaviors and global ratings) and the Client Language Assessment - Proximal/Distal (CLA-PD, i.e., client language). Frequentist and Bayesian sequential analyses examined the relationship among nine different categories of therapist behaviors and three different categories of client language (i.e., change talk, sustain talk, neutral). We examined odds ratios and conditional probabilities for the direction, magnitude, and significance of the association between the use of MI technical behaviors and subsequent client statements about change. The study compared these same transitional associations between low/average (i.e., <4) and high (i.e., ≥4) MI Spirit sessions. RESULTS The pattern of results was replicated across both analytic frameworks. Questions and reflections about change talk versus sustain talk versus neutral statements showed greater odds of predicting the intended client response (i.e., change talk, sustain talk, neutral, respectively) compared to other possible client responses. Conditional probabilities for these transitions were high, ranging from 0.55 to.88. The magnitude of certain technical transitions significantly differed between low/average and high MI Spirit sessions. CONCLUSIONS Analyses supported the hypothesized associations between therapist use of technical MI behaviors and client change language within this Latinx sample. Analyses of MI Spirit as a moderator of these transitions showed partial support.
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- Molly Magill
- Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, United States of America.
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, United States of America
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, United States of America
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- Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, United States of America
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Olofsson ME, Vrabel KR, Hoffart A, Oddli HW. Covert therapeutic micro-processes in non-recovered eating disorders with childhood trauma: an interpersonal process recall study. J Eat Disord 2022; 10:42. [PMID: 35314004 PMCID: PMC8935733 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-022-00566-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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METHOD To uncover therapeutic micro-processes from the perspectives of eating disorder (ED) treatment non-responders with childhood trauma (CT) late effects, we explored in-session experiences of poor long-term outcome patients. Female inpatients aged 28-59 (M = 40.2, SD = 5.0) from a randomised trial comparing Compassion Focused Therapy for EDs (n = 3) with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for EDs (n = 3) were interviewed with video-assisted recall about a self-selected session. Data were analysed through Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) with Grounded Theory (GT) elements. RESULTS Covert patient strategies included self-effacement, regulating therapeutic distance to open up, and engaging with reflective rather than experiential interventions. First, self-effacement included submissive, passive or pretend responses to perceived criticising or violating therapist behaviours as well as other orientation and submission for approval. Second, some preferred a close patient-therapist alliance with therapist self-disclosure and reciprocity was a requirement for opening up; others required distance. Third, informants detached from experiential trauma work while engaging in joint reflection on post-trauma responses. CONCLUSION Informants were preoccupied with calibrating the emotional-relational landscape in session; we hypothesized that psychological insecurity and affective intolerance from CT limit their freedom to explore own in-session experiences.
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- Malin E Olofsson
- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, 0373, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, 0373, Oslo, Norway.,Research Institute, Modum Bad, Vikersund, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, 0373, Oslo, Norway.,Research Institute, Modum Bad, Vikersund, Norway
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- Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Forskningsveien 3A, 0373, Oslo, Norway
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Pinheiro P, Gonçalves MM, Nogueira D, Pereira R, Basto I, Alves D, Salgado J. Emotional processing during the therapy for complicated grief. Psychother Res 2021; 32:678-693. [PMID: 34663184 DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2021.1985183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Prior research, mainly conducted on depression, observed that clients' improved capability to process their emotions predicted better therapeutic outcomes. The current comparative study aimed to investigate whether emotional processing was related to therapeutic change in complicated grief. METHOD We analyzed two contrasting cases (good or poor outcome) treated with grief constructivist therapy. In both cases we investigated the association of emotional processing (Experiencing Scale) to (1) therapeutic outcome (Inventory of Complicated Grief), and (2) change in the type of grief-related emotions (Emotions Episodes). RESULTS The session-by-session growth of clients' emotional processing and the change of grief-related emotions were qualitatively explored throughout both cases. Compared with the poor outcome case, the good outcome case achieved more improvement in the ability to process emotions. Such improvement occurred alongside a deeper change in the type of grief-related emotions aroused, from maladaptive to more adaptive responses. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that a higher emotional processing capability may be associated with the transformation of grief-related maladaptive emotions and with the improvement of complicated grief condition.
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- Patrícia Pinheiro
- School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.,Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, University of Maia, Maia, Portugal
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- Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, University of Maia, Maia, Portugal
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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- Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, University of Maia, Maia, Portugal.,Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Social and Behavior Sciences, University of Maia, Maia, Portugal.,Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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The articles in this issue include experimental research and clinical studies on the bidirectional process of connecting experience and words, which we term the Referential Process (RP). These concluding notes focus on new questions and new directions for research. Studies now under way include characterization and measurement of the Arousal function of the referential process, which involves how people talk when the connection to specific ideas is not yet fully developed, and new research on paralinguistic features of interpersonal communication. Further work in these areas will involve automatic transcription technology to incorporate pitch, rate of speech and loudness, as well as development of a Time-DAAP program to enable such assessment. Research is also needed to investigate the relationship between language and underlying physiological and neurological mechanisms. These relationships can be examined using physiological measures such as galvanic skin response (GSR) and changes in heart rate and respiration. While fMRI scans are not compatible with tasks requiring speech production, fMRI compatible tablet systems are available for writing tasks. Participants may also be scanned while reading literary passages that show differences in RP functions. A major goal of our research program is the application of RP measures in large scale treatment efficacy and effectiveness studies evaluating particular treatment forms. The computerized referential process procedures have the potential to study whole trajectories of large numbers of treatments; and also to identify important turning points within treatments and within sessions. The interpretation of these measures in the context of a systematic theory of treatment process has the value of enabling results that are not only statistically powerful but clinically significant as well. Other potential areas of study include application of the language measures in large scale studies of political, religious and literary discourse.
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Domhardt M, Steubl L, Boettcher J, Buntrock C, Karyotaki E, Ebert DD, Cuijpers P, Baumeister H. Mediators and mechanisms of change in internet- and mobile-based interventions for depression: A systematic review. Clin Psychol Rev 2020; 83:101953. [PMID: 33422841 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The efficacy of Internet- and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) for depression in adults is well established. Yet, comprehensive knowledge on the mediators responsible for therapeutic change in these interventions is pending. Therefore, we conducted the first systematic review on mediators in IMIs for depression, investigating mechanisms of change in interventions with different theoretical backgrounds and delivery modes (PROSPERO CRD42019130301). Two independent reviewers screened references from five databases (i.e., Cochrane Library, Embase, MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO and ICTRP), selected studies for inclusion and extracted data from eligible studies. We included 26 RCTs on mediators in IMIs for depression (6820 participants), rated their risk of bias and adherence to methodological quality criteria for psychotherapy process research. Primary studies examined 64 mediators, with cognitive variables (e.g., perceived control, rumination or interpretation bias) being the largest group of both examined (m = 28) and significant mediators (m = 22); followed by a range of other mediators, including mindfulness, acceptance and behavioral activation. Our findings might contribute to the empirically-informed advancement of interventions and mental health care practices, enabling optimized treatment outcomes for patients with depression. Furthermore, we discuss implications for future research and provide methodological recommendations for forthcoming mediation studies with more pertinent designs, allowing for inferences with higher causal specificity.
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- Matthias Domhardt
- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Germany.
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Psychologische Hochschule Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, United States
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- Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ulm University, Germany
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The present review summarizes the current state of the art in psychotherapy processes during treatments for clients with personality disorders. We outline some methodological challenges in the discipline of process research, give a brief historical account on process research, and then focus on specific processes studied from an empirical perspective. RECENT FINDINGS The current review acknowledges the centrality of the therapeutic relationship, in particular the therapeutic alliance, therapist empathy, and responsiveness in explaining outcome across treatment modalities for personality disorders. The review describes evidence from three overall and overlapping lines of inquiry that have garnered scientific interest in the past years. For emotional change (regulation, awareness, and transformation), socio-cognitive change (mentalizing, meta-cognition, and interpersonal patterns), and increase in insight and change in defense mechanisms, evidence is moderate to strong for these processes to contribute to healthy change in treatments for personality disorders, in particular borderline personality disorder. Avenues of future studies are outlined.
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- Ueli Kramer
- Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, Institute of Psychotherapy, University of Lausanne, Place Chauderon 18, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland. .,General Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. .,Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada.
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- Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, Institute of Psychotherapy, University of Lausanne, Place Chauderon 18, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, Institute of Psychotherapy, University of Lausanne, Place Chauderon 18, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry-CHUV, Institute of Psychotherapy, University of Lausanne, Place Chauderon 18, CH-1003, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada
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Gennaro A, Kleinbub JR, Mannarini S, Salvatore S, Palmieri A. Training in psychotherapy: a call for embodied and psychophysiological approaches. Res Psychother 2019; 22:395. [PMID: 32913810 PMCID: PMC7451311 DOI: 10.4081/ripppo.2019.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Psychotherapy research studies are increasingly focused on the clinical process, which has allowed for the definition of general models about clinical functioning and the role of the therapist. Embodiment-based research has shown that interpersonal processes, such as synchrony and attunement, are critical for the development of crucial therapist skills and that these mechanisms are mediated by physiological processes. Although the connection between these embodied processes and clinical practice is currently a topic of investigation in psychotherapy research, its implications for clinical training are potentially broad, but they remain unexplored. The present contribution proposes the idea of embodied trainings for psychotherapy trainees, which could support their acquisition of clinical skills through implicit, embodied, and affective learning. We present detailed potential mechanisms, study designs, and psychological variables that could be used to develop such an in vivo training and suggest some possible applications, ranging from biofeedback sessions to experimental settings and roleplaying. Additional research in this field can help bridge the gap between psychotherapy research and psychotherapy training, by overcoming some of the limitations of post-session and external evaluations, by enriching psychotherapy training programs, and by facilitating the implicit and automatic attunement of the attitudes of the students who will become tomorrow's therapists.
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- Alessandro Gennaro
- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, “La Sapienza” University of Rome
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua
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- Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, “La Sapienza” University of Rome
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- Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padua
- Padua Neuroscience Center, University of Padua, Italy
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Schenk N, Zimmermann R, Fürer L, Krause M, Weise S, Kaess M, Schlüter-Müller S, Schmeck K. Trajectories of alliance ruptures in the psychotherapy of adolescents with borderline personality pathology: timing, typology and significance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 22:348. [PMID: 32913792 PMCID: PMC7451373 DOI: 10.4081/ripppo.2019.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Jeremy Safran and his research group suggest that rupture-repair processes are important for the therapeutic change in patients with personality disorders. In this exploratory study, we describe alliance ruptures and resolutions on a session-by-session basis in a clinical sample of adolescents with Borderline Personality Pathology (BPP). Three research questions are addressed: i) Is there a typical trajectory of alliance ruptures over treatment time? ii) Which rupture and resolution markers occur frequently? iii) Which rupture markers are most significant for the therapeutic alliance? Ten patients who presented with identity diffusion and at least three Borderline Personality Disorder criteria were studied and treated with Adolescent Identity Treatment. Alliance ruptures and resolutions were coded in 187 therapy sessions according to the Rupture Resolution Rating System. Mixed-effect models were used for statistical analyses. Findings supported an inverted U-shaped trajectory of alliance ruptures across treatment time. The inspection of individual trajectories displayed that alliance ruptures emerge non-linearly with particular significant alliance ruptures appearing in phases or single peak sessions. Withdrawal rupture markers emerged more often compared to confrontation markers. However, confrontation markers inflicted a higher impact or strain on the immediate collaboration between patient and therapist compared to withdrawal markers. Clinicians should expect alliance ruptures to occur frequently in the treatment of adolescents with BPP. The findings support the theory of a dynamic therapeutic alliance characterised by a continuous negotiation between patients and therapists.
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- Nathalie Schenk
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department, Psychiatric University Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department, Psychiatric University Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department, Psychiatric University Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Psychology School, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality, Santiago, Chile
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- Section for Translational Psychobiology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Section for Translational Psychobiology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre for Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department, Psychiatric University Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department, Psychiatric University Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Tzur Bitan D, Lazar A, Siton B. Development of a scale quantifying expectations regarding active processes in therapy: The Expectations of Active Processes in Psychotherapy Scale (EAPPS). Psychiatry Res 2018; 267:131-139. [PMID: 29890376 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Despite accumulating theoretical and empirical knowledge in the field of process research in psychotherapy, not much is known about individuals' expectations of the mechanisms that produce change in psychotherapy. In this article we present the Expectations of Active Processes in Psychotherapy Scale (EAPPS), aimed to assess and quantify psychotherapy process expectations derived from current process constructs. Two studies with a total of 381 participants were conducted in order to assess the scale factor structure, reliability, and validity. Exploratory factor analysis indicated a seven-factor structure, which consisted of dimensions related to the patient-therapist relationship, the secure exploration of sensitive personal contents, and specific functions of the therapeutic process. The derived factors were found to have satisfactory internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and were correlated with clinically relevant variables as well as other expectations scales, thus supporting the scale's convergent validity. The EAPPS can allow an in-depth examination of the effects of psychotherapy process expectations on therapy outcomes, as well as their mediating effects through patients' ongoing evaluations of the therapeutic process.
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- Dana Tzur Bitan
- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University, Israel; Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, affiliated with the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University, Israel
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- Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University, Israel
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Martinez JI, Haine-Schlagel R. Observational Assessment of Engagement Strategies to Promote Parent Homework Planning in Community-Based Child Mental Health Treatment: A Pilot Study. J Child Fam Stud 2018; 27:1968-1980. [PMID: 30220834 PMCID: PMC6135535 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-018-1030-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Therapy homework includes tasks given to clients to complete outside of session to facilitate new knowledge/skills or to advance treatment goals. Homework completion, an important element of parent engagement in child mental health (MH) treatment, has been associated with improved child outcomes. The current pilot study assessed the design/assign phase of the therapy homework process to examine a) the extent to which therapists implemented engagement strategies with parents and b) whether therapist deployment of engagement strategies in early treatment predicted subsequent parent participation in homework planning. We included an ethnically-diverse sample of 10 therapists and 11 parent/child dyads receiving community-based MH services who participated in a pilot intervention study. Two observational coding systems were developed to code treatment session recordings for the extent to which a) therapists implemented engagement strategies with parents and b) parents contributed to therapy homework planning. Findings revealed low extensiveness of therapist implementation of engagement strategies with parents. As hypothesized, therapist use of engagement strategies (Collaboration, Empowerment, and Psychoeducation) in early treatment significantly predicted subsequent parent homework planning (sharing perspective on homework planning). However, therapist use of Alliance was unrelated to parent homework planning. These preliminary results suggest that therapist implementation of engagement strategies in early treatment may promote parent participation in homework planning, which is an important precursor to homework completion. This pilot study suggests potential future directions for both research on and training for community-based therapists in implementing successful strategies to promote parent homework planning in child MH treatment.
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- San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
- Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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Magill M, Apodaca TR, Walthers J, Gaume J, Durst A, Longabaugh R, Stout RL, Carroll KM. The Alcohol Intervention Mechanisms Scale (AIMS): Preliminary Reliability and Validity of a Common Factor Observational Rating Measure. J Subst Abuse Treat 2016; 70:28-34. [PMID: 27692185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2016.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2016] [Revised: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The present work provides an overview, and pilot reliability and validity for the Alcohol Intervention Mechanisms Scale (AIMS). The AIMS measures therapist interventions that occur broadly across modalities of behavioral treatment for alcohol use disorder. It was developed based on identified commonalities in the function rather than content of therapist interventions in observed therapy sessions, as well as from existing observer rating systems. In the AIMS, the primary function areas are: explore (four behavior count codes), teach (five behavior count codes), and connect (three behavior count codes). Therapist behavior counts provide a frequency rating of occurrence (i.e., adherence). The three functions (explore, teach, connect) are then rated on global skillfulness, which provides a quality valence (i.e., competence) to the entire session. In the present study, three independent raters received roughly 30 hours of training on the use of the AIMS by the first author. Data were a sample of therapy session audio files from a Project MATCH clinical research site. Reliability results showed generally good performance for the measure. Specifically, 2-way mixed intraclass coefficients were 'excellent', ranging from .94 to .99 for function summary scores, while prevalence-adjusted, bias-adjusted kappa for global skillfulness measures were in the 'fair' to 'moderate' range (k=.36 to.40). Internal consistency reliability was acceptable, as were preliminary factor models by behavioral treatment function (i.e., explore, teach, connect). However, confirmatory fit for the subsequent three factor model was poor. In concurrent validity analyses, AIMS summary and skillfulness scores showed associations with relevant Project MATCH criterion measures (i.e., MATCH Tape Rating Scale) that were consistent with expectations. The AIMS is a promising and reliable observational measure of three proposed common functions of behavioral alcohol treatment.
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- M Magill
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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- Children's Mercy Kansas City, USA; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Providence, RI, USA
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Magill M, R Apodaca T, Karno M, Gaume J, Durst A, Walthers J, L Stout R, DiClemente C. Reliability and Validity of an Observational Measure of Client Decision-Making: The Client Language Assessment - Proximal/Distal (CLA-PD). J Subst Abuse Treat 2016; 63:10-7. [PMID: 26898715 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OVERVIEW The Client Language Assessment - Proximal/Distal (CLA-PD) is a language rating system for measuring client decision-making in interventions that target a specified behavior change (e.g., alcohol or other drug use). In the CLA-PD, there are five dimensions of change language (Reason, Ability, Commitment, Taking Steps, Other) adapted from the client portion of the Motivational Interviewing Skill Code (MISC). For the CLA-PD, language codes are sub-divided to discriminate statements regarding the primary, or target behavior change (distal change) from the intermediate coping activities (proximal change) that are prescribed to facilitate that target behavior change. The goal of the CLA-PD is to allow for higher specificity than existing client language measures, when process studies consider interventions that are multi-session and skill-based (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy). METHOD Three raters received 40 hours of training on the use of the CLA-PD. The data were a sample of therapy session audio-files from a completed clinical trial (N=126), which enabled examination of client language across four sessions (i.e., first three and final attended) of three evidence-based alcohol interventions (cognitive behavioral therapy, twelve-step facilitation therapy, motivational enhancement therapy). RESULTS Inter-rater reliability results for summary scores showed "excellent" reliability for the measure. Specifically, two-way mixed intraclass coefficients ranged from .83 to .95. Internal consistency reliability showed alphas across sessions that ranged from "fair" to "good" (α=.74-.84). In convergent and discriminant validity analyses using data independently measured with MISC-based ratings, the pattern of results was as would be expected. Specifically, convergent correlations, by valence (i.e., change and sustain talk), between CLA-PD Distal and MISC-based language scores were moderate (r=.46-.55, p<.001) while discriminant correlations by valence for CLA-PD Proximal and MISC-based language scores were small (r=.22-.24, p<.05). Finally, proportion Change Talk Proximal predicted subsequent session coping behaviors (i.e., processes of change) as well as 3-month Alcoholics Anonymous involvement and attendance (ps<.05-.005), but not 3-month alcohol abstinence self-efficacy. Further, analyses of criterion predictive validity showed that proportion Change Talk Distal predicted 3- and 12-month drinking frequency and quantity measures (ps<.05-.005). CONCLUSIONS When behavior change treatments are multi-session and/or skill-based, the present analyses suggest the CLA-PD is a promising, psychometrically sound observational rating measure of client verbalized decision-making.
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- Molly Magill
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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- Children's Mercy Kansas City, USA; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA
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- Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Providence, RI, USA
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Abstract
Inpatient psychotherapy is characterized by a combination of different therapeutic approaches. Research on psychotherapeutic processes in inpatient psychotherapy uses often only a single observer's perspective, based on the assumption that there exists a unitary process underlying the total process of inpatient psychotherapy. This assumption is investigated in the present study of two single psychotherapy cases. The process is documented by means of Intrex-questionnaire of both therapist and patient, and by the SASB-coded videotaped and transcribed interactions. The results show a marked incongruence of the process as seen from the perspective of independent raters and from the questionnaire based self-report of therapist and patient. These findings put the commonly described process models of inpatient psychotherapy into question.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Klinik fur Psychotherapeutische Medizin der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Postfach 12 05 10, 40605 Dtisseldorf
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