School of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA.
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2021 May-Jun;103(3):416-426. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2020.1757459. Epub 2020 May 4.
Consideration of client preferences has been emphasized as important to therapeutic outcomes, such as treatment engagement and retention. Although studies have investigated several client and therapist characteristics associated with client preferences, few have considered whether people have preferences regarding a potential therapist's personality. The current study extended prior research on client preferences by examining the influence of participants' Big Five personality traits on preferences for therapist personality characteristics utilizing latent profile analysis. We expected congruence between client personality traits and preferred psychotherapist personality traits. In both undergraduate and community samples, results indicated that participants generally prefer a psychotherapist with personality characteristics similar to their own. Our findings establish the presence of preferences based on personality factors and have implications for future research directions and the role of personality assessment in routine clinical practice.
考虑到客户的偏好对治疗效果很重要，例如治疗参与度和保留率。虽然已经有研究调查了与客户偏好相关的几个客户和治疗师特征，但很少有研究考虑人们是否对潜在治疗师的个性有偏好。本研究通过使用潜在剖面分析，扩展了先前关于客户偏好的研究，考察了参与者的大五人格特质对治疗师人格特征偏好的影响。我们期望客户人格特质和首选心理治疗师人格特质之间存在一致性。在本科生和社区样本中，结果表明，参与者通常更喜欢具有与自己相似个性特征的心理治疗师。我们的研究结果确定了基于人格因素的偏好的存在，并对未来的研究方向和人格评估在常规临床实践中的作用具有启示意义。
