title: Expectations, experiencing and change in psychotherapy.
abstract: The relationships of client prognostic expectations and of level of Experiencing in psychotherapy with three variables of therapeutic change were explored in a correlational study that used 26 volunteer Ss who were in treatment with experienced therapists. A positive relationship was found between prognostic expectation and perceived improvement and a negative relationship between Experiencing and perceived improvement. The data also suggested positive relationships between Experiencing and cognitive change and attitude and cognitive change, while they provided no evidence for a relation between expectations and cognitive change.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D001290:Attitude; D003071:Cognition; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011379:Prognosis; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment