A clinical setting was used to cvalulc therapist characteristics, therapist process, and family process in a short-term systems-behavioral model of family intervention. Families were designated by one of four degrees of therapy outcome. These designations were supported by nonreactive recidivism data and independently derived process data in which improved families showed greater supportive communications. A priori assessments of therapists' structuring and relationship skills were strong descriptors of outcome variance. The data suggest that therapist relationship skills, heretofore overlooked in the behavior modification literature, may be crucial determinants of therapy success.
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