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The efficacy of personal construct therapy: A comprehensive review
Author(s) -
Holland Jason M.,
Neimeyer Robert A.,
Currier Joseph M.,
Berman Jeffrey S.
Publication year - 2007
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/jclp.20332
Subject(s) - psychology , construct (python library) , narrative review , outcome (game theory) , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , narrative , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , mathematical economics , computer science , programming language
Abstract Prior narrative and quantitative reviews have suggested that personal construct therapy (PCT) is an efficacious and viable form of treatment. However, these reviews failed to include all published, controlled PCT outcome studies and did not account for all measures of outcome. The present quantitative review, therefore, offers a comprehensive integration of the 22 published studies that compare PCT to a control group, examining its overall efficacy at posttest and follow‐up as well as its effects for different types of outcome measures. Overall, the efficacy of PCT was found to be somewhat weaker than that reported in previous reviews. It was also found that traditional self‐report and behavioral observation measures tended to yield larger effects compared to measures that focused on personal meanings and scored content supplied by the client. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 63: 93–107, 2007.