Development of a satisfaction with therapy and therapist scale

Objective: While much work has gone into developing measures of specific fa ctors in psychotherapy for depression, measures for non-specific factors ha ve been lacking. This paper aims to develop a scale for a non-specific fact or called 'Satisfaction with Therapy and Therapist Scale'. Method: Sixty-seven patients with major depression completed the questionna ires during the fourth session of cognitive therapy. The patients went thro ugh an assessment clinical interview using a SCID, They also completed the ATQ, BDI and DAS questionnaires during the fourth session. Results: Principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation showed t hat the scale possesses two factors, 'Satisfaction with Therapy' and 'Clien t Evaluation of Therapist', accounting for 64.7% of the total variance. The alpha Cronbach for the two factors is 0.91 and 0.80 with the total scale a lpha at 0.90. The scale also possesses good concurrent and disciminant vali dity. Conclusion: The Satisfaction with Therapy and Therapist Scale is an adequat e measure for measuring a non-specific factor in psychotherapy.