title: Patient early session experience and treatment outcome.
abstract: Patient Session Evaluation Questionnaire (SEQ: Stiles, 1980) ratings from early in treatment were examined in relation to outcomes during psychodynamic psychotherapy. Twenty-eight therapists treated 73 patients at a university-based clinic. A relationship between Smoothness ratings and symptom improvement approached statistical significance using bivariate correlations and multilevel analyses. A significant relationship was found between Positivity ratings and a broad scale of patient-rated functional improvement across many domains (i.e., psychopathology, interpersonal, occupational, and social) before and after accounting for therapist effects.
authors.affiliation: Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA. frankpesale@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Frank P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Pesale
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hilsenroth
authors.forename: Jesse J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome