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A multivariate analysis of long‐term stay in private practice psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Koss Mary P.
Publication year - 1980
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(198010)36:4<991::aid-jclp2270360430>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , term (time) , private practice , population , possession (linguistics) , stepwise regression , clinical psychology , multivariate analysis , regression analysis , multivariate statistics , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , family medicine , personality , social psychology , statistics , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy
Investigated the characteristics predictive of long‐term stay in private practice psychotherapy in a population of 64 “long‐term” clients (remained longer than 25 sessions, X̄ = 47 sessions) and 88 “short‐term” clients (terminated before 25 sessions, X̄ = 7 sessions). Data consisted of T‐scores on the intake MMPI and two variables (possession of insurance coverage and use of psychoactive medication) on which long and short‐term clients had been found to differ in other research. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed and revealed that MMPI scales 2 and 0 added to the prediction of length of stay in psychotherapy ( p <.01). Insurance and medication were significant predictors only when MMPI data were not used.