Renk K, Dinger T M, Bjugstad K
Department of Psychology, University of Central Florida, Department of Psychology, Orlando 32816, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 2000 Dec;56(12):1609-14. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(200012)56:12<1609::AID-11>3.0.CO;2-U.
This study examined the relationships among therapist experience, the cost of therapy services, the degree of client psychopathology, and the number of therapy sessions clients attended following intake. The closed files of 407 clients at a university-based psychology outpatient clinic were examined. Results indicated that the duration of therapy was predicted from the experience of the graduate-student therapist, with higher levels of therapist experience predicting fewer therapy sessions. Although measures of client psychopathology did not directly predict therapy duration, therapist experience became only a marginally significant predictor when client psychopathology was allowed to act as a covariate. Fees paid for therapy did not predict therapy duration. These findings emphasize the importance of accounting for therapist and client characteristics when examining client attendance in therapy.
本研究考察了治疗师经验、治疗服务成本、来访者心理病理学程度以及来访者在 intake 后参加治疗疗程的数量之间的关系。对一家大学心理学门诊诊所的407名来访者的已结案档案进行了检查。结果表明，治疗时长可由研究生治疗师的经验预测，治疗师经验水平越高，预测的治疗疗程越少。虽然来访者心理病理学的测量指标并不能直接预测治疗时长，但当允许来访者心理病理学作为协变量时，治疗师经验仅成为一个边缘显著的预测指标。支付的治疗费用并不能预测治疗时长。这些发现强调了在研究来访者治疗出勤情况时考虑治疗师和来访者特征的重要性。
