title: A national survey of practicing psychologists' use and attitudes toward homework in psychotherapy.
abstract: Homework assignments have been studied extensively in psychotherapy research, but there is little data on the way in which homework is transferred to clinical practice. A survey was conducted of 827 practicing psychologists nationwide regarding their use and attitudes toward homework. Overall, 68% of the present sample indicated that they "often" or "almost always" used homework assignments. Factor analysis revealed that practitioners have a range of attitudes that can be classified as reflecting the notion that homework has (a) a negative impact on in-session therapeutic work and (b) a positive effect on therapy outcomes. More positive attitudes were reported among those with a cognitive-behavioral theoretical orientation. Nevertheless, the use of homework among psychodynamic/analytic practitioners reported in the present sample was unexpected and suggests that theoretical and empirical work is required to examine homework's effects in a range of psychotherapy approaches.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand. n.kazantzis@massey.ac.nz
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kazantzis
authors.forename: Georgios K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Lampropoulos
authors.forename: Frank P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Deane
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011584:Psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome