title: Open access meta-analysis for psychotherapy research.
abstract: Meta-analysis has played a key role in psychotherapy research for nearly 40 years. There is now an opportunity for technology to assist with transparent and open meta-analyses. The authors describe an open-access database of effect sizes and a corresponding web application for performing meta-analyses, viewing the database, and downloading effect sizes. The initial databases provide effect sizes for family therapy for delinquency studies and for alliance-outcome correlations in individual psychotherapy. Disciplinary norms about data sharing and openness are shifting. Furthermore, meta-analyses of behavioral interventions have been criticized for lacking transparency and openness. The database and web application are aimed at facilitating data sharing and improving the transparency of meta-analyses. The authors conclude with a discussion of future directions for the database.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.affiliation: Center for Innovation to Implementation, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Del Re
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends