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Personality, Expectancies and Group Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. M. Caine  and
B. Wijesinghe
T. M. Caine
Affiliation:
University College Hospital, London
B. Wijesinghe
Affiliation:
Claybury Hospital, Woodford Bridge, Essex
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Summary

The paper reports an extension of work into the relevance of personality and pre-treatment expectancies for allocation and response of patients to group psychotherapy. The results show that subjects who are internally directed in interest and who have a liberal attitude to a variety of social issues and a ‘psychological’ set to treatment are more responsive to group psychotherapy as seen by their therapists as well as by themselves. Those who are externally directed in interest and who have a conservative attitude to life and a more ‘medical-physical’ set to treatment are more likely to be referred for behaviour therapy; if referred for group psychotherapy they are likely either to drop out or to show very limited response to treatment.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 129 , Issue 4 , October 1976 , pp. 384 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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