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A Method for the Study of Therapeutic Factors in Group Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Sidney Bloch ,
Janet Reibstein ,
Eric Crouch ,
Pauline Holroyd  and
Judith Themen
Sidney Bloch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Janet Reibstein
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Eric Crouch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Pauline Holroyd
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Judith Themen
Affiliation:
Isis Centre, Little Clarendon Street, Oxford
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Summary

A method is described for the study of therapeutic factors in group therapy in which patients and their therapists prepare brief reports at regular intervals about those events in treatment which they regard as important; these reports are then assigned by independent judges to a classification of therapeutic factors which has been specifically devised for this purpose. The feasibility, validity and reliability of the method are discussed and its potential application to group therapy research and training briefly mentioned.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 134 , Issue 3 , March 1979 , pp. 257 - 263
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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