Benevolent interpersonal schemes facilitate therapeutic change: Further analysis of the menninger psychotherapy research project

Golan Shahar, Sidney J. Blatt

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Abstract

Drawing from findings on the important role of patients' pretreatment personality in psychotherapy (e.g., Cronbach, 1953), we examined the effect of pretreatment interpersonal schemas on response to 2 forms of long-term treatment: psychoanalysis and supportive-expressive psychotherapy. Renanalyzing data from the Menninger Psychotherapy Research Project (Wallerstein, 1986), we found that patients with more benevolent interpersonal schemas at the beginning of both treatments showed greater clinical improvement in the period between pretreatment and termination. These findings provide further support for the central role of patients' pretreatment personality in the therapeutic process, particularly as assessed by their pretreatment interpersonal schemas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)345-349
Number of pages5
JournalPsychotherapy Research
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology

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