%0 Journal Article
%T Efectividad de la psicoterapia y su relaci¨®n con la alianza terap¨¦utica
%A Santib¨¢£¿ez Fern¨¢ndez
%A Patricia Macarena
%A Rom¨¢n Mella
%A Mar¨ªa Francisca
%A Vinet
%A Eugenia V.
%J Interdisciplinaria
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the present study was aimed to assess the effectiveness of individual psychotherapy undertaken at the psychological clinic of the universidad de la frontera (temuco, chile) and its relationship with the therapeutic alliance. the investigation involved 23 adult patients with neurotic symptoms. their therapeutic processes were carried out by 11 trainee students from the regular psychology training program. out of these, 4 therapists were performing their first supervised psychotherapeutic experience, and 7 therapists were undertaking their professional training using either a psychodynamic or a humanistic- experiential approach. the therapeutic processes considered in this study lasted between 5 and 42 sessions, comprising the following closure modalities: agreed closure between the patient and therapist because of the fulfillment of objectives, closure requested by the patient, and withdrawal of the therapeutic process. the instruments used were the outcome questionnaire (oq-45.2) adapted for chilean population by de la parra and von bergen (2000, 2002), an instrument that allows to evaluate the level of change in the final course of the therapy and its outcomes; and the working alliance inventory (inventario de alianza terap¨¦utica, iat-p) adapted for chilean population by santib¨¢nez (2001), an instrument that evaluates the level of therapeutic alliance from the perspective of the patient. the study was quantitative in nature, with a unique group design and evaluations at the beginning and at the end of the therapy. for each patient, the oq-45.2 was administered at the end of the first, and after the last psychotherapy session. in addition, the iat-p was administered once, at the fourth session. in order to assess the pre-post psychotherapy differences, a samples-related t test was performed. in addition, a reliable change index was calculated using scores of the first and final oq-45.2 administration; and finally, the percentage of patients with clinically significa
%K psychotherapy effectiveness
%K therapeutic alliance
%K therapist under training
%K therapeutic bond
%K psychotherapy outcome research.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1668-70272009000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en