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Correlates of initial client disturbance: Expectations for therapy, dropout, resistance, and demographic description
Author(s) -
Horenstein David
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197510)31:4<709::aid-jclp2270310434>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - dropout (neural networks) , psychology , disturbance (geology) , resistance (ecology) , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , paleontology , ecology , machine learning , computer science , biology
Relationships were investigated between initial levels of client disturbance in each of 10 problem areas and client drop-out, lateness to, and absence from therapy, expectations with regard to therapy, and various demographic variables. Data were obtained from 154 outpatients at a university psychological clinic. Correlations computed between initial disturbance scores and all other variables revealed many significant relationships. Most noteworthy were the significant relationships betwee initial disturbance levels in the areas of future goals and self-satisfaction and expectations in a psychodynamically oriented therapist. Results were discussed in terms of client's awareness of the need to deal with the psychological factors that underlie their problems and their desire for the therapist to focus on such material.