Sl. Eugster et Be. Wampold, SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS OF PARTICIPANT ROLE ON EVALUATION OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SESSION, Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 64(5), 1996, pp. 1020-1028
This study identified systematic differences between therapists(n = 11
4) and patients (n = 119)in the process components that predict evalua
tion of psychotherapy sessions. The Comprehensive Scale of Psychothera
py Session Constructs was developed to measure 9 process variables and
their relationships to session evaluation from the perspectives of th
erapist and patient. Regression equations predicting session evaluatio
n from the process components for the 2 groups were significantly diff
erent. Therapist session evaluation was best predicted by therapist ex
pertness, and patient session evaluation was best predicted by the the
rapist real relationship. The therapist real relationship negatively p
redicted therapist session evaluation when all process variables were
considered simultaneously. Patient progress and patient involvement si
gnificantly and positively predicted both therapist and patient evalua
tion.