Abstract
Investigated the characteristics predictive of long‐term stay in private practice psychotherapy in a population of 64 “long‐term” clients (remained longer than 25 sessions, X̄ = 47 sessions) and 88 “short‐term” clients (terminated before 25 sessions, X̄ = 7 sessions). Data consisted of T‐scores on the intake MMPI and two variables (possession of insurance coverage and use of psychoactive medication) on which long and short‐term clients had been found to differ in other research. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed and revealed that MMPI scales 2 and 0 added to the prediction of length of stay in psychotherapy (p <.01). Insurance and medication were significant predictors only when MMPI data were not used.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 991-993 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Clinical Psychology |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Psychology