Associations between patient personality, symptomatic change and therapy dropout

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dc.contributor.authorImmel, Nina
dc.contributor.authorDagnino, Paula
dc.contributor.authorHunger-Schoppe, Christina
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T22:01:37Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T22:01:37Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBackground: Studies show that 16% to 77% of psychotherapy patients abandon therapy within the first sessions. The aim of this study is to examine how patient personality variables, specifically the patients' structural integration and the personality traits dependency and self-criticism, are associated with symptomatic change and therapy dropout.
dc.description.abstractMethod: We analysed data from 96 patients (age: M = 30.56, SD = 11.39; 78.5% women; 44.6% students, 28.3% employees). A hierarchical logistic regression analysis was carried out to determine whether patients' structural integration (assessed via the OPD-SQ) and their level of dependency and self-criticism (DEQ) can predict therapy dropout. In addition, a multiple regression was used to analyse how these variables affect symptomatic change (OQ-45.2 symptom subscale).
dc.description.abstractResults: The interaction of structural integration level and dependency best predicts therapy dropout. For the prediction of symptomatic change, both structural integration and dependency were significant. However, their interaction showed no significant results.
dc.description.abstractDiscussion: The patient's structural integration was associated to both symptomatic change and dropout. Therapists' training should include techniques addressing patients' structural integration and degree of dependency to prevent patient dropout from therapy.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/cpp.2670
dc.identifier.eissn1099-0879
dc.identifier.issn1063-3995
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2670
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93861
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000712005200001
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final932
dc.pagina.inicio922
dc.revistaClinical psychology & psychotherapy
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectOPD-SQ
dc.subjectsymptomatic change
dc.subjecttherapy dropout
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleAssociations between patient personality, symptomatic change and therapy dropout
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen29
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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