Follow-Up Findings for Interpretive and Supportive Forms of Psychotherapy and Patient Personality Variables

Follow-up findings at 6 and 12 months are reported for a clinical trial that investigated the efficacy of interpretive and supportive forms of short-term individual psychotherapy and the interaction of each form with the patient's quality of object relations (QOR) and psychological mindedness (...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 1999-04, Vol.67 (2), p.267-273
Hauptverfasser: Piper, William E, McCallum, Mary, Joyce, Anthony S, Azim, Hassan F, Ogrodniczuk, John S
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Zusammenfassung:Follow-up findings at 6 and 12 months are reported for a clinical trial that investigated the efficacy of interpretive and supportive forms of short-term individual psychotherapy and the interaction of each form with the patient's quality of object relations (QOR) and psychological mindedness (PM). Patients in both forms maintained their posttherapy improvements at 6- and 12-month follow-up assessments. They did not differ significantly from each other. At 6 and 12 months, there was evidence for a direct relation between QOR and favorable outcome. At 12 months, there was also evidence for an interaction effect, which indicated a direct relation between QOR and favorable outcome for interpretive therapy and almost no relation for supportive therapy. Thus, QOR continued to be an important predictor of outcome at 6 and 12 months, with some evidence for persistence of an interaction effect. In contrast, no follow-up effects were found for PM.
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.67.2.267