Benbenishty R, Schul Y
Br J Clin Psychol. 1987 Feb;26 ( Pt 1):17-24. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1987.tb00719.x.
The study explores the congruence in role expectations of therapists and clients, and tests whether expectations tend to get similar over the course of therapy. Similarity in expectations was examined both on the group level (therapists vs. clients) and on the dyad level. Role expectations of therapists and clients in a university counselling centre in Israel were compared. Two subsamples were studied: 66 therapy sessions which were first meetings, and 81 sessions at various points over the course of therapy (median = 9 months in therapy). Both therapists and clients in therapy dyads filled in the 'expectation part' of the Role Expectation and Preference Questionnaire' to describe their role expectations regarding the approaching session. The main findings were that there were discrepancies in expectations between therapists and clients, especially with regard to therapists' behaviours. There was no increase in similarity of expectations over the course of therapy. The similarity on the dyad level, on the other hand, was low in first sessions but became higher in subsequent ones. The implications for pre-therapy training and for future research are discussed.
该研究探讨了治疗师与来访者在角色期望上的一致性，并测试了在治疗过程中期望是否趋于相似。期望的相似性在组水平（治疗师与来访者）和二元组水平上均进行了考察。对以色列一所大学咨询中心的治疗师和来访者的角色期望进行了比较。研究了两个子样本：66次首次会面的治疗疗程，以及治疗过程中不同时间点的81次疗程（治疗中位数为9个月）。治疗二元组中的治疗师和来访者都填写了《角色期望与偏好问卷》的“期望部分”，以描述他们对即将到来的疗程的角色期望。主要研究结果是，治疗师与来访者之间的期望存在差异，尤其是在治疗师的行为方面。在治疗过程中，期望的相似性没有增加。另一方面，二元组水平上的相似性在首次疗程中较低，但在后续疗程中有所提高。文中还讨论了对治疗前培训和未来研究的启示。
