PMID- 16193478
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060224
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0021-9762 (Print)
IS  - 0021-9762 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 12
DP  - 2005 Dec
TI  - Predictors of change after long-term analytic group psychotherapy.
PG  - 1541-53
AB  - In a study of long-term (mean=32.5 months) analytic group psychotherapy we 
      explored the relationships among six predictors shown to influence outcome in 
      short-term group studies and five outcome variables (Global Assessment of 
      Functioning [GAF], Global Symptom Index [GSI], Inventory of Interpersonal 
      Problems-Circumplex [IIP-C], Global Improvement, and Chief Complaints), assessed 
      after termination of therapy. In this study, we wanted to test whether the same 
      variables also predicted patients' status at follow-up, 1 year after termination. 
      Bivariate correlations and multiple regression analyses were used. Initial status 
      and treatment duration up to 2.5 years turned out to be strong positive 
      predictors of status at both time points. Contrary to findings from many 
      short-term studies, presence of personality disorder, high initial severity, 
      chronicity, and less optimistic expectations had no predictive power at either 
      time. Higher age predicted a less favourable status at follow-up in secondary 
      exploratory analyses. The findings suggest that different patients may benefit 
      from long-term versus short-term group psychotherapy. More studies should examine 
      patient aptitude and the significance of the time factor (Aptitude-Treatment 
      Interaction [ATI-effects]).
CI  - (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 61: 1541-1553, 2005.
FAU - Lorentzen, Steinar
AU  - Lorentzen S
AD  - Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Aker University Hospital, 
      sognsvannsveien 21, N-032 Oslo, Norway. steinar.lorentzen@medisin.uio.no
FAU - Hoglend, Per
AU  - Hoglend P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Clin Psychol
JT  - Journal of clinical psychology
JID - 0217132
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Behavior Therapy
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Norway
MH  - Personality Disorders/*therapy
MH  - *Psychotherapy, Group
EDAT- 2005/09/30 09:00
MHDA- 2006/02/25 09:00
CRDT- 2005/09/30 09:00
PHST- 2005/09/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/02/25 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/09/30 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/jclp.20207 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Psychol. 2005 Dec;61(12):1541-53. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20207.