Christian A Webb, Laura Murray, Anna O Tierney, Kathleen M Gates
{"title":"Dynamic processes in behavioral activation therapy for anhedonic adolescents: Modeling common and patient-specific relations.","authors":"Christian A Webb, Laura Murray, Anna O Tierney, Kathleen M Gates","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000830","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Behavioral activation (BA) is a brief intervention for depression encouraging gradual and systematic re-engagement with rewarding activities and behaviors. Given this treatment focus, BA may be particularly beneficial for adolescents with prominent anhedonia, a predictor of poor treatment response and common residual symptom. We applied group iterative multiple model estimation (GIMME) to ecological momentary assessment (EMA) treatment data to investigate common and person-specific processes during BA for anhedonic adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Thirty-nine adolescents (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 15.7 years old, 67% female, 81% White) with elevated anhedonia (Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale) were enrolled in a 12-week BA trial, with weekly anhedonia assessments. EMA surveys were triggered every other week (2-3 surveys per day) throughout treatment assessing current positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA), engagement in pleasurable activities and social interactions, anticipatory pleasure, rumination, and recent pleasurable and stressful experiences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A multilevel model revealed significant decreases in anhedonia, <i>t</i>(25.5) = -4.76, <i>p</i> < .001, over the 12-week trial. GIMME results indicated substantial heterogeneity in variable networks across patients. PA was the variable with the greatest number (22% of all paths vs. 11% for NA) of predictive paths to other symptoms (i.e., highest out-degree). Higher PA (but not NA) out-degree was associated with greater anhedonia improvement, <i>t</i>(25.8) = -2.22, <i>p</i> = .035.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results revealed substantial heterogeneity in variable relations across patients, which may obscure the search for common processes of change in BA. PA may be a particularly important treatment target for anhedonic adolescents in BA. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":" ","pages":"454-465"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10696134/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9951405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Colin E Vize, Whitney R Ringwald, Lori N Scott, Thomas W Kamarck, Paul A Pilkonis, Aidan G C Wright
{"title":"Evidence for a vicious socioemotional cycle of negative emotions and interpersonal conflict.","authors":"Colin E Vize, Whitney R Ringwald, Lori N Scott, Thomas W Kamarck, Paul A Pilkonis, Aidan G C Wright","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000891","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Objective:</i> Interpersonal and emotional functioning are closely linked and reciprocally influence one another. Contemporary integrative interpersonal theory (CIIT) offers a useful framework to conceptualize these patterns and guide interventions in cases where these patterns result in dysfunction. Stress processes offer several dynamic frameworks to guide empirical investigations using methods that allow for fine-grained analyses in the context of daily life.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Four samples of adults (Sample 1, <i>N</i> = 145; Sample 2, <i>N</i> = 160; Sample 3, <i>N</i> = 297; Sample 4 = 89 dyads, 178 individuals) completed ecological momentary assessment protocols focused on a variety of interpersonal and emotional experiences. Samples were enriched for aggressive and self-harming behavior (Sample 1), trait hostility (Sample 2), interpersonal problems (Sample 3), and personality disorder features (Sample 4).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Using multilevel dynamic structural equation modeling, we investigated how emotions and interpersonal functioning operate over brief timescales in daily life. We found evidence for a vicious socioemotional cycle across all four samples, whereby negative emotions related to interpersonal conflict (i.e., perceptions of and enacting cold, antagonistic, or quarrelsome behavior; components that contribute to the interpersonal situation from the perspective of CIIT) which in turn related to increased negative emotions. Although individuals differed in the strength of this process, it was unrelated to trait negative affectivity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Viewing these results through the lens of CIIT, we discuss multiple intervention points highlighted by these dynamic results whereby the vicious cycle might be changed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 8","pages":"479-492"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11837249/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simon B Goldberg, Daniel M Bolt, Cortland J Dahl, Richard J Davidson, Matthew J Hirshberg
{"title":"Does it matter how meditation feels? An experience sampling study.","authors":"Simon B Goldberg, Daniel M Bolt, Cortland J Dahl, Richard J Davidson, Matthew J Hirshberg","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000857","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000857","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Meditation apps are the most widely used mental health apps. The precise mechanisms underlying their effects remain unclear. In particular, the degree to which affect experienced during meditation is associated with outcomes has not been established.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used the meditation app arm of a recently completed randomized controlled trial comparing a self-guided meditation app (Healthy Minds Program) to a waitlist control. Predominantly distressed public school employees (<i>n</i> = 243, 80.9% with clinically elevated depression and/or anxiety) reported positive and negative affect during meditation practice. Data were analyzed using two-level multivariate latent growth curve models (observations nested within participants) that simultaneously attended to both positive and negative affect. We examined whether positive and negative affect during meditation changed over time and whether these changes were associated with changes in psychological distress (parent trial's preregistered primary outcome) at posttest or 3-month follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On average, participants reported decreased negative affect but no change in positive affect during meditation over time. Increased positive affect and decreased negative affect during meditation were associated with improvements in distress at posttest and follow-up. Change in positive affect was a stronger predictor of distress at follow-up than change in negative affect.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Despite notions embedded within mainstream mindfulness meditation training that deemphasize the importance of the affective experience of practice (i.e., nonjudgmental awareness of present moment experience, regardless of valence), results indicate that these experiences contain signals associated with outcomes. Monitoring affect during meditation may be worthwhile to guide intervention delivery (i.e., measurement-based care, precision medicine). (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 8","pages":"531-541"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11448736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eran Bar-Kalifa, Laura F Bringmann, Sigal Zilcha-Mano
{"title":"The role of affect dynamics as mechanisms of change in mental health interventions: Integrating applied and basic science.","authors":"Eran Bar-Kalifa, Laura F Bringmann, Sigal Zilcha-Mano","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, there has been growing empirical interest in examining the role of affect dynamics in mental health. However, research on affect has largely progressed independently in the basic and applied sciences, yielding significant advances in each domain but little cross-disciplinary integration. This special issue addresses this gap by showcasing some of the most promising recent developments in the field. The articles featured in this special issue offer insights into key innovations in affect dynamics and their potential implications for mental health interventions. Comprising a total of 17 articles, the issue is divided into two sections: Daily Life Assessment of Affect, encompassing seven articles, and In-Treatment Assessment of Affect, comprising 10 articles. In this editorial, we synthesize the contributions of these articles and propose a set of fundamental principles for conducting and interpreting research on the role of affect dynamics as mechanisms of change in mental health interventions. These principles encompass (a) the content of affect research related to mental health and its treatment (the What), (b) the timing of the assessment (the When), (c) the target populations under investigation (the Who), and (d) the methodologies employed (the How). The synthesis presented here, along with the articles featured in this special issue, holds significant potential to inform clinical research and practice on the role of affect dynamics in mental health interventions and stimulate future scientific inquiry in this important area. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 8","pages":"445-453"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miriam I Hehlmann, Danilo Moggia, Brian Schwartz, Charles Driver, Steffen Eberhardt, Wolfgang Lutz
{"title":"Outcome prediction in psychological therapy with continuous time dynamic modeling of affective states and emotion regulation.","authors":"Miriam I Hehlmann, Danilo Moggia, Brian Schwartz, Charles Driver, Steffen Eberhardt, Wolfgang Lutz","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To date, many prediction studies in psychotherapy research have used cross-sectional data to predict treatment outcome. The present study used intensive longitudinal assessments and continuous time dynamic modeling (CTDM) to investigate the temporal dynamics of affective states and emotion regulation in the early phase of therapy and their ability to predict treatment outcome.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Ninety-one patients undergoing psychological treatment at a university outpatient clinic took part in a 2-week ecological momentary assessment (EMA) period. Participants answered self-report measures on positive affect (PA), negative affect, and emotion regulation (ER) four times a day. Hierarchical Bayesian CTDM was conducted to identify temporal effects within (autoregressive) and between (cross-regressive) PA, negative affect, and ER. The resulting CTDM parameters, simple EMA parameters (e.g., mean), and cross-sectional predictors were entered into a LASSO model to be examined as predictors of treatment outcome at Session 15.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two significant predictors were identified: initial impairment and the continuous time cross-effect of PA on ER. The final model explained 40% of variance in treatment outcome, with the cross-effect (PA-ER) accounting for 4% of variance beyond initial impairment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results demonstrate that temporal patterns of affective EMA data are valuable for the mapping of individual differences and the prediction of treatment outcome. This information can be used to provide therapists with feedback to personalize treatments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 8","pages":"517-530"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do improvements in motivational language predict alcohol use in motivational interviewing? Ambivalence matters.","authors":"David P Forman, Jon M Houck, Theresa B Moyers","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000889","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000889","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Motivational Interviewing (MI) is described as a method for improving clinical outcomes by reducing client ambivalence. If this is true, MI's focus on improving clients' motivational language should be most useful for clients with ambivalence about change and less valuable for those who are ready to implement new behaviors or are opposed to change. To address this hypothesis and potentially add precision to MI delivery in clinical settings, we tested whether the relationship between clients' in-session motivational language and posttreatment alcohol use depended on their baseline motivation to change.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Client speech from 149 sessions from Project MATCH were analyzed. A cluster analysis of the percent change talk during the first decile of the session identified three motivational groups: opposed, ambivalent, and ready. The change in percent change talk (C-PCT) across the session was calculated for each group. Zero-inflated negative binomial analysis was used to test whether the effect of C-PCT on end-of-treatment drinking varied between motivational groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The count part of the model revealed a significant interaction between C-PCT and membership in the ambivalent group (b = -17.710, 95% CI [-25.775, -9.645], p < .001), only for those who received MI. Favorable C-PCT was associated with less drinking (b = -15.735, p = .004). Only baseline drinking was a significant predictor of abstinence at follow-up (b = .032, 95% CI [0.012, 0.051], p = .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A putative MI mechanism-improved client motivational language-appears most important for clients who express ambivalence in the opening minutes of the session, with minimal value for those who do not. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 7","pages":"388-398"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142072974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samantha J Moshier, Colin T Mahoney, Michelle J Bovin, Brian P Marx, Paula P Schnurr
{"title":"Session-level effects of cognitive processing therapy and prolonged exposure on individual symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder among U.S. veterans.","authors":"Samantha J Moshier, Colin T Mahoney, Michelle J Bovin, Brian P Marx, Paula P Schnurr","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000880","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000880","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To compare the course of change in individual posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during prolonged exposure therapy (PE) and cognitive processing therapy (CPT).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We analyzed data from a previously published randomized clinical trial comparing PE and CPT among male and female U.S. military veterans with PTSD (Schnurr et al., 2022). Using data from a self-rated PTSD symptom measure administered before each therapy session, we evaluated individual symptom change from pretreatment to final therapy session (<i>N</i> = 802). Then, using network intervention analysis, we modeled session-by-session PTSD symptom networks that included treatment allocation (CPT vs. PE) as a node in the networks, allowing us to compare individual symptom change following each session in each treatment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relative to CPT, PE was associated with greater reduction in 10 PTSD symptoms from first to final session of therapy. Numerous treatment-specific effects on individual symptoms emerged during the treatment period; these session-level effects occurred only in symptoms relatively specific to the diagnosis of PTSD (e.g., avoidance, hypervigilance). PE was associated with greater reduction in avoidance following the introduction and early weeks of imaginal exposure. The treatments yielded comparable effects on trauma-related blame and negative beliefs from pretreatment to final therapy session. However, there were differences in session-level change in these symptoms that may reflect differential timing of interventions that reduce distorted cognitions within each treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings may facilitate the shared decision-making process for patients choosing between CPT and PE. Session-level results provide direction for future research on the specific intervention components of CPT and PE. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":" ","pages":"422-431"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140305770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Danielle A C Oprel, Chris M Hoeboer, Maartje Schoorl, Rianne A de Kleine, Willem van der Does, Agnes van Minnen
{"title":"Working alliance in exposure-based treatments of posttraumatic stress disorder related to childhood abuse.","authors":"Danielle A C Oprel, Chris M Hoeboer, Maartje Schoorl, Rianne A de Kleine, Willem van der Does, Agnes van Minnen","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000899","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000899","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Working alliance is considered an important determinant of outcome of psychotherapy. Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following childhood abuse (CA-PTSD) may have challenges in building interpersonal relationships, including working alliance. Phase-based treatment provides an opportunity to strengthen alliance prior to trauma-focused treatment. This study aimed to compare the development of working alliance among patients with CA-PTSD in three variants of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy: standard PE, intensive PE (iPE), and skill training in affective and interpersonal regulation + prolonged exposure (STAIR + PE). We also examined the effect of alliance on treatment outcome and dropout.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Self-reported PTSD Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (Blevins et al., 2015) and patient-rated Working Alliance Inventory (Tracey & Kokotovic, 1989) were assessed in a clinical trial. We analyzed data from 138 adult patients (76.1% female; 42% non-Western). Analyses were performed using mixed-effects models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients established a satisfactory alliance early in treatment, which increased over time. For PE and STAIR + PE, a larger decrease in PTSD symptom severity was related to a higher alliance in the subsequent session, but not the other way around. In STAIR + PE, a higher alliance in Phase 1 was related to lower PTSD symptoms in Phase 2. In all conditions, a higher initial working alliance was related to a lower chance of treatment dropout.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In the treatment of CA-PTSD, all three variants of prolonged exposure foster positive development of the working alliance. Across conditions, working alliance did not precede symptom decline. Therapists should strive for a strong alliance at the beginning of treatment as this reduces the likelihood of dropout. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 7","pages":"399-409"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142072977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C F Jacobsen, F Falkenström, L Castonguay, J Nielsen, S Lunn, L Lauritzen, S Poulsen
{"title":"The relationship between attachment needs, earned secure therapeutic attachment and outcome in adult psychotherapy.","authors":"C F Jacobsen, F Falkenström, L Castonguay, J Nielsen, S Lunn, L Lauritzen, S Poulsen","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000900","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000900","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to investigate a sequence of associations between clients' pretreatment attachment style, the development of individuated-secure attachment to the therapist (i.e., therapeutic attachment), and the experience of increased comfort with emotional closeness (growing engagement) or independence (growing autonomy) in therapy. Moreover, the study explored whether clients' experience of growing engagement or growing autonomy was associated with a change in interpersonal problems at the end of therapy.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Three hundred thirty adult clients (mean age 40.2, 75% female) were seen by 44 therapists in individual psychotherapy. The associations between pretreatment attachment insecurity measured on the Experiences in Close Relationships scale, repeated measures of therapeutic attachment measured on the Client Attachment to Therapist Scale, repeated measures of a growing engagement or growing autonomy measured on the Therapeutic Distance Scale, and pre-post measures of interpersonal problems measured on the Inventory for Interpersonal Problems were analyzed using multilevel modeling. Two types of therapeutic attachment were estimated, one controlling for anxious attachment characteristics and one for avoidant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant associations between higher levels of therapeutic attachment controlled for avoidant attachment characteristics and lower levels of growing autonomy in therapy were found. Moreover, higher levels of growing engagement in therapy and higher levels of therapeutic attachment controlled for anxious attachment characteristics were associated with a decrease in interpersonal problems at the end of therapy.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Distinct types of therapeutic attachment may exert different influences on the process and outcome of therapy. Furthermore, therapists' attunement to clients' specific attachment needs in therapy may enhance interpersonal outcomes of treatment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 7","pages":"410-421"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142072975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the patients' concept of the alliance-One step back to take two steps forward.","authors":"Christoph Flückiger","doi":"10.1037/ccp0000895","DOIUrl":"10.1037/ccp0000895","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current health care systems emphasize consensual collaboration between clinicians and patients to reduce symptoms and improve well-being (e.g., World Health Organization, 2023). The alliance is the internationally best-studied collaborative process characteristic in psychotherapy research. Recent empirical studies on the alliance have tripled in comparison to the entire 20th century. This increase in empirical data illustrates the cumulative outstanding scientific activities in this field (e.g., Wampold & Flückiger, 2023). The reasons for the international popularity of the pantheoretical alliance concept may lie in the practical experience of many practitioners that a balanced collaborative quality is a central ethical and conceptual premise for treatment progress (Horvath, 2018). The aim of a \"Viewpoint\" article is to provide thought-provoking notes on the current state of research, innovations, weaknesses in the field, and current debates. This article is limited to three aspects. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":15447,"journal":{"name":"Journal of consulting and clinical psychology","volume":"92 7","pages":"385-387"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142072976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}