Change and Its Maintenance in the Psychotherapies

摘要

Change and its maintenance as a result of psychotherapy was studied. The data most extensively analyzed are those collected at intake and termination. In general, it appears that patients maintain many of the gains achieved intreatment at six-months followup. Paired t-tests of each of the outcome measures (examining differences between intake and termination scores) indicate that the patients, as a group, showed significant improvement in all areas of adjustment. Analyses revealed no comparative effects for treatment mode. Identical analyses were performed with mode-specific measures and only the results from the Locus of Control of Interpersonal Relations Scale conformed to the predictions, showing the greatest gains among those patients treated in group psychotherapy. In summary, the evidence for differential effects is minimal.