Berrigan L P, Garfield S L
Br J Clin Psychol. 1981 Nov;20(4):239-42. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1981.tb00524.x.
The problem of missed appointments in psychotherapy has received little empirical study. Consequently, this problem was studied in relation to several demographic and actuarial variables. Lower socio-economic status was found to be related to missed appointments and to premature termination. Missing appointments was also found to be related to dropping out of treatment. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed and suggestions offered for reducing premature termination.
心理治疗中失约的问题很少受到实证研究。因此,针对这一问题与一些人口统计学和精算学变量的关系进行了研究。研究发现,社会经济地位较低与失约及提前终止治疗有关。还发现失约与退出治疗有关。文中讨论了这些研究结果的可能原因,并提出了减少提前终止治疗的建议。