Altenstein, D.; Zimmermann, J.; Krieger, Tobias; Doerig, N.; grosse Holtforth, Martin (27 June 2014). Don't forget asking the others! - The added value of significant other's reports on patient interpersonal style for the prediction of therapy process and outcome (Unpublished). In: 45th International Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Copenhagen, Denmark. 25.06.-28.06.2014.
Theory: Interpersonal factors play a major role in causing and maintaining depression. It is unclear, however, to what degree significant others of the patient need to be involved for characterizing the patient's interpersonal style. Therefore, our study sought to investigate how impact messages as perceived by the patients' significant others add to the prediction of psychotherapy process and outcome above and beyond routine assessments, and therapist factors.
Method: 143 outpatients with major depressive disorder were treated by 24 therapists with CBT or Exposure-Based Cognitive Therapy. Interpersonal style was measured pre and post therapy with the informant‐based Impact Message Inventory (IMI), in addition to the self‐report Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP‐32). Indicators for the patients' dominance and affiliation as well as interpersonal distress were calculated from these measures. Depressive and general symptomatology was assessed at pre, post, and at three months follow‐up, and by process measures after every session.
Results: Whereas significant other's reports did not add significantly to the prediction of the early therapeutic alliance, central mechanisms of change, or post‐therapy outcome including therapist factors, the best predictor of outcome 3 months post therapy was an increase in dominance as perceived by significant others.
Conclusions: The patients' significant others seem to provide important additional information about the patients' interpersonal style and therefore should be included in the diagnostic process. Moreover, practitioners should specifically target interpersonal change as a potential mechanism of change in psychotherapy for depression.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Krieger, Tobias, Grosse Holtforth, Martin |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Adriana Biaggi |
Date Deposited: |
21 Apr 2015 15:58 |
Last Modified: |
30 Mar 2023 16:19 |
Additional Information: |
Panel Therapist Factors: Influences on and consequences of therapist actions in psychotherapy for adults |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/67543 |
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