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Does expressed emotion predict behaviour therapy outcome at follow‐up for obsessive‐compulsive disorder and agoraphobia?
Author(s) -
Steketee Gail,
Chambless Dianne L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.307
Subject(s) - agoraphobia , psychology , panic disorder , clinical psychology , expressed emotion , anxiety disorder , outcome (game theory) , obsessive compulsive , logistic regression , psychiatry , psychotherapist , anxiety , medicine , mathematics , mathematical economics
The relationship of expressed emotion (EE) to outcome of behaviour therapy at 1‐year follow‐up was examined in a sample of patients with obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) or panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). Included were 54 subjects who were reliably changed after outpatient treatment via in vivo exposure (plus response prevention for OCD). Perhaps because few clients relapsed (11%), EE variables assessed by the Camberwell Family Interview and perceived criticism ratings, although successful in predicting drop‐out and posttest outcome in this sample, were not significantly related to regression during the follow‐up period. The sole exception, critical comments from the CFI, predicted worsened social adjustment at follow‐up, but only for PDA patients. The experience of stressful life events did not interact with EE variables to predict outcome. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.