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Evaluation of Group Therapy: Correlations Between Clients’ and Observers’ Assessments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Cabral
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital (Fulham), Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF
A. Paton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital (Fulham), Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF

Summary

An attempt to compare observers’ evaluations of aspects of group psychotherapy with the patients’ assessments of the same selected variables (i.e. ‘acceptance’, ‘abreaction’ and ‘improvement’) is described.

Correlation coefficients between the observers’ and clients’ rankings of these factors were obtained, and the implications of the findings are discussed in relation to each group.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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