TY - JOUR
T1 - Benevolent interpersonal schemes facilitate therapeutic change
T2 - Further analysis of the menninger psychotherapy research project
AU - Shahar, Golan
AU - Blatt, Sidney J.
PY - 2005/7/1
Y1 - 2005/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/10503300500091488
DO - 10.1080/10503300500091488
M3 - Article
C2 - 22011163
AN - SCOPUS:21644482593
SN - 1050-3307
VL - 15
SP - 345
EP - 349
JO - Psychotherapy Research
JF - Psychotherapy Research
IS - 3
ER -