CLIENT VOICE QUALITY AND EXPRESSIVE STYLE AS INDEXES OF PRODUCTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY.
Abstract
A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON 2 ASPECTS OF CLIENT BEHAVIOR, VOICE QUALITY AND EXPRESSIVE STANCE, WAS APPLIED TO INTERVIEWS WITH 53 CLIENTS. THE BEHAVIOR THUS CODED WAS VECTOR ANALYZED BY COLUMNS, YIELDING FACTOR LOADINGS FOR INTERVIEWS FOR EACH CLIENT FOR 1ST, 2ND, AND 11TH INTERVIEWS. ESTIMATED FACTOR LOADINGS WERE OBTAINED FOR 12 ATTRITION CLIENTS FOR 1ST AND 2ND INTERVIEWS. ATTRITION COULD BE PREDICTED FROM THE 1ST INTERVIEW. FOR THE 2ND AND 11TH INTERVIEWS, 2 OF THE 4 FACTORS EXTRACTED WERE FOUND TO DIFFERENTIATE AMONG OUTCOME GROUPS FORMED BY COMBINING CLIENT'S AND THERAPIST'S VANTAGE POINTS. THE VALUE OF THESE CLIENT-PROCESS VARIABLES IS DISCUSSED NOT ONLY FOR PROGNOSIS, BUT ALSO AS A BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH TO EVALUATE THERAPIST PARTICIPATION OR EXPERIMENTAL INTERVENTION.