Date of Award
1997
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
Keywords
Psychology, Clinical.
Supervisor
Porter, Jim,
Rights
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Abstract
This study compared clients who continued in therapy with clients who dropped out before the intake and with those who quit immediately after intake. Differences between groups were examined on the following variables: age at application, length of delay before intake interview, client gender, year in university, scores from the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised, Beck Depression Inventory, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Post-Session Client Report (a self-report measure of client perceptions of both therapist and intake session). Participants were 855 university students who requested psychological services at a university counselling center between 1993 and 1997. Test scores were more useful than either sociodemographic variables or Post-Session Client Report scores in differentiating between client groupings. Clients who discontinued immediately after attending an intake session scored lower on measures of distress than both those clients who dropped out prior to intake and those who continued in therapy. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 37-01, page: 0365. Adviser: Jim Porter. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1997.
Recommended Citation
Healey, Craig A., "Differences on measures of distress between clients who continue in psychotherapy, drop out prior to intake, and drop out following intake." (1997). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1735.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/1735