Rating Scales in Psychotherapy Practice

Owen, Jesse; Imel, Zac E.

doi:10.1007/978-1-59745-387-5_12

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“…Across studies, the SOS-10 has exhibited reliability estimates above .85 (e.g., 1-week test/retest, r = .87; Cronbach's alpha = .91; Blais et al, 1999; Hilsenroth, Ackerman, & Blagys, 2001; Young, Waehler, Laux, McDaniel, & Hilsenroth, 2003). Further, convergent and discriminant validity has been supported in previous studies, with correlations in the predicted direction with a variety of clinical and psychological well-being scales, and reliably discriminated between clinical and nonclinical samples (Owen & Imel, 2010 for a review). The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for this sample was .94.…”

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Clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' multicultural orientation.

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Tao²,

Leach³

et al. 2011

Psychotherapy

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The current retrospective study examined whether clients' (N ϭ 176) perceptions of their psychotherapists' multicultural orientation (MCO) were associated with their psychological functioning, working alliance, and real relationship scores. Moreover, we tested whether clients' perceptions of the working alliance and the real relationship mediated the relationship between clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' MCO and psychological functioning. The results showed that clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' MCO were positively related to working alliance, real relationship, and psychological functioning. Only clients' ratings of the working alliance mediated the relationship between clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' MCO and psychological functioning. Thus, because clients perceive their psychotherapists as being more oriented toward cultural issues, they may view the therapist as being more credible and may gain a sense of comfort in the therapeutic process. In turn, clients' strong alliance facilitates improvement in psychological well-being.

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Clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' multicultural orientation.

Owen¹,

Tao²,

Leach³

et al. 2011

Psychotherapy

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236

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“…Across studies, the SOS–10 has exhibited reliability estimates above .85 (e.g., test/retest, r = .88; Cronbach’s α = .91; Owen & Imel, 2009). Further, convergent and discriminant validity has been supported in previous studies with correlations in the predicted direction with a variety of clinical and psychological well-being scales (e.g., Beck’s Hopelessness Scale [Beck, Kovacs, & Weissman, 1975]; Outcome Questionnaire–45 [OQ–45; Lambert et al, 1996]; SF-12 Mental health and Physical health [Ware, Kosinski, & Keller, 1995]) and reliably discriminated between clinical and nonclinical samples (Blais et al, 1999; Hilsenroth et al, 2001; Owen, Rhoades, Fincham, & Stanley, in press).…”

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Empirical search for psychotherapists' gender competence in psychotherapy.

Owen

Wong

Rodolfa

2009

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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Over the past half century, psychotherapy research has demonstrated that psychotherapy outcomes do not vary based on clients' gender (Clarkin & Levy, 2004; Garfield, 1994; Wierzbicki & Pekarik, 1993). However, most studies assumed that all psychotherapists are equally competent to treat men and women, thus potentially missing essential information about variations in psychotherapy outcomes. In fact, there is a paucity of studies that have examined if psychotherapists' gender competence truly exists. We propose that psychotherapists' gender competence should be defined as the psychotherapist's ability to achieve positive psychotherapy outcomes with either female or male clients. This study examined the relationship between clients' gender and psychotherapy outcomes and if psychotherapists varied in their abilities to produce positive psychotherapy outcomes for female and male clients. The sample included 93 male and 229 female clients treated by 31 psychotherapists. Consistent with previous research, the results demonstrated that clients' gender was not related to psychotherapy outcomes. However, compared to other psychotherapists, some psychotherapists were better at treating men, whereas others were better at treating women. The results of this study demonstrate that psychotherapists' gender competence exists and relates directly to the psychotherapy outcomes (i.e., psychological well-being) of clients. Implications for psychotherapy practice, training, and research are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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“…Accordingly, it is of utmost importance for therapists to attend to microaggressions that impact the ability to form or maintain a therapeutic working alliance. Second, the alliance has been shown to be a mediator for the association between microaggression and therapy outcomes, suggesting those client–therapist dyads who are able to maintain high quality alliances are able to work through the rupture in a way that does not impede clients’ clinical goals (Constantine, 2007; Owen et al, 2011; Owen & Imel, 2010).…”

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Addressing racial and ethnic microaggressions in therapy.

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Tao

Imel

et al. 2014

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Racial and ethnic microaggressions in everyday life can negatively impact the well-being of racial and ethnic minorities (REM). When microaggressions are perceived in therapy they can interfere with therapeutic progress. However, little is known about whether microaggressions are addressed in therapy and if so, does addressing them impact the therapeutic relationship. REM clients from a university counseling center (n = 120) reported on their therapy experience. Approximately 53% of clients reported experiencing a microaggression from their therapist. Clients' perceptions of micro aggressions were negatively related to the working alliance, even after controlling for their current psychological well-being, number of sessions, and therapist racial and ethnic status. Of those clients who reported a microaggression, nearly 76% reported that the microaggression was not discussed. For those clients who experienced a microaggression and did not discuss it, alliance ratings were lower as compared with clients who did not experience a microaggression or who experienced a microaggression but discussed it.

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Rating Scales in Psychotherapy Practice

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' multicultural orientation.

Clients' perceptions of their psychotherapists' multicultural orientation.

Empirical search for psychotherapists' gender competence in psychotherapy.

Addressing racial and ethnic microaggressions in therapy.

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