Personality, expectancies and group psychotherapy.
The paper reports an extension of work into the relevance of personality and pre-treatment expectancies for allocation and response of patients to group psychotherapy. The results show that subjects who are internally directed in interest and who have a liberal attitude to a variety of social issues and a "psychological" set to treatment are more responsive to group psychotherapy as seen by their therapists as well as by themselves. Those who are externally directed in interest and who have a conservative attitude to life and a more "medical-physical" set to treatment are more likely to be referred for behaviour therapy; if referred for group psychotherapy they are likely either to drop out or to show very limited response to treatment.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003071:Cognition; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003887:Desensitization, Psychologic; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D010551:Personality; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012737:Sex Factors