Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
Clin Psychol Rev. 2011 Mar;31(2):249-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2010.01.005. Epub 2010 Feb 1.
The exact nature and mechanisms of psychological change within psychological disorders remain unknown. This review aims to use a psychological framework known as Perceptual Control Theory (Powers, 1973, 2005; Powers, Clark, & McFarland, 1960) to integrate the diverse literature within psychotherapy research. The core principles of Perceptual Control Theory are explained, and key domains of psychotherapy are considered to explore how well they converge with these principles. The quantitative and qualitative empirical literature on the process of psychological change is reviewed to examine how it fits with predictions based on Perceptual Control Theory. Furthermore, the prerequisites for psychological change; client qualities, therapist qualities, the therapeutic alliance and the shifting of awareness, are also considered to examine their consistency within a Perceptual Control Theory account. Finally the strengths and limitations of a Perceptual Control Theory account in explaining the mechanism of psychological change are considered.
心理障碍中心理变化的确切性质和机制仍不清楚。本综述旨在使用一种称为感知控制理论（Powers，1973 年，2005 年；Powers、Clark 和 McFarland，1960 年）的心理框架，将心理治疗研究中的各种文献综合起来。解释了感知控制理论的核心原则，并考虑了心理治疗的主要领域，以探讨它们与这些原则的契合程度。回顾了关于心理变化过程的定量和定性实证文献，以检查其与基于感知控制理论的预测的吻合程度。此外，还考虑了心理变化的前提条件；客户素质、治疗师素质、治疗联盟和意识转变，以检查它们在感知控制理论解释中的一致性。最后，考虑了感知控制理论解释心理变化机制的优势和局限性。
