Coping Style

Beutler, Larry E.; Harwood, T. Mark; Kimpara, Satoko; Verdirame, David; Blau, Kathy

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199737208.003.0017

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“…By contrast, clients with low reactance benefit more from therapist directiveness and explicit guidance. This strong, consistent finding can be expressed as a large effect size (d) averaging .76 ( Beutler, Harwood, Kimpara, Verdirame, & Blau, 2011 ). Other evidence-based therapy adaptations ( Norcross, 2011 ) are probably assisted by the results of client scores on the C-NIP, such as to coping style, culture, spirituality/religion, and stage of change.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

A brief, multidimensional measure of clients’ therapy preferences: The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)

Cooper

Norcross

2016

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Addressing and accommodating client preferences in psychotherapy have been consistently associated with improved treatment outcomes; however, few clinically useful and psychometrically acceptable measures are available for this purpose. The aim of this study was to develop a brief, multidimensional clinical tool to help clients articulate the therapist style they desire in psychotherapy or counseling. An online survey composed of 40 therapy preference items was completed by 860 respondents, primarily female (n = 699), British (n = 650), White (n = 761), and mental health professionals themselves (n = 615). Principal components analysis resulted in four scales that accounted for 39% of the total variance: Therapist Directiveness vs. Client Directiveness, Emotional Intensity vs. Emotional Reserve, Past Orientation vs. Present Orientation, and Warm Support vs. Focused Challenge. These scales map well onto dimensions of therapist activity and cover most of the major preference dimensions identified in the research literature. Internal consistency coefficients ranged between .60 and .85 (M = .71). Tentative cutoff points for strong preferences on each dimension were established. The 18-item Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP) is a multidimensional measure with clinical utility, but additional validity data are needed.

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A brief, multidimensional measure of clients’ therapy preferences: The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)

Cooper

Norcross

2016

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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“…In terms of the dual process model of coping with bereavement , this suggests that facilitation of ''loss-oriented coping'' as through reconstructing the CB, may be more appropriate with some clients, whereas attention to ''restoration-oriented coping,'' entailing review and reinforcement of other life roles and goals, could be of greater relevance for others. Fortunately, controlled trials of specific procedures for addressing these tandem aims are encouraging (Boelen, de Keijser, van den Hout, & van den Bout, 2007;Papa, Sewell, Garrison-Diehn, & Rummel, 2013;, suggesting the feasibility of researching such ''aptitude by treatment interactions'' (Beutler, Harwood, Kimpara, Verdirame, & Blau, 2011) in the context of grief therapy. However, such possibilities can only be evaluated through the use of experimental designs in which bond-enhancing procedures (e.g., legacy projects, review of photographs, writing letters to the deceased) or bond-deemphasizing interventions (e.g., saying goodbye, behavioral activation, revising life goals) are distinguished, and evaluated for their impact on both the CB and grief symptomatology for mourners with different attachment orientations.…”

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Attachment, Continuing Bonds, and Complicated Grief Following Violent Loss: Testing a Moderated Model

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There is increasing consensus that mourners' general attachment security and ongoing sense of connectedness to the deceased figure prominently in adjustment to bereavement. However, the interplay between these variables has not been investigated thoroughly. We therefore studied 195 young adults who were bereaved by violent causes (homicide, suicide, and fatal accidents) in the previous 2 years, measuring their attachment-related insecurities (anxiety and avoidance), their specific ongoing attachment or "continuing bond" (CB) to the deceased, and their complicated grief (CG) symptomatology over the loss of this relationship. Analyses indicated that CBs were concurrently linked with greater CG symptomatology. However, other results also suggested that attachment could moderate the adaptiveness of maintaining a sense of connection to the deceased loved one. Specifically, CBs were less predictive of CG symptomatology for individuals with high anxiety and low avoidance, and most predictive of intense grieving for bereaved people whose attachment styles were more highly avoidant and minimally anxious. These findings suggest the relevance of evaluating the appropriateness of clinical techniques that emphasize or deemphasize the CB for mourners who differ in their styles of attachment. Such studies could potentially promote a better match of interventions to clients whose styles of coping are congruent with these procedures.

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“…Researchers could also increase the clinical relevance and scientific foundations of an eclectic perspective by expanding the list of empirically based matching principles (e.g., coping style, reactance level). Using Beutler's (Beutler, Harwood, Kimpara, Verdirame, & Blau, 2011;Beutler, Harwood, Michelson, Song, & Holman, 2011) work as a model, it might be particularly fruitful to examine dimensions of functioning that have received support from basic and/or applied research. A potential candidate would be the assessment of defense mechanisms, which have been studied across a number of scientific domains including psychopathology, psychotherapy, social psychology, and neurology (e.g., Anderson et al, 2004;Baumeister, Dale, & Sommer, 1998;Drapeau et al, 2011;Hentschel, Smith, Draguns, & Ehlers, 2004;Perry et al, 1998).…”

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Research on psychotherapy integration: Building on the past, looking to the future

Castonguay

Eubanks

Goldfried

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Psychotherapy Research

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Integration has become an important and influential movement within psychotherapy practice, reflected by the fact that many treatment providers now identify as integrative. However, integration has not had as great an influence on psychotherapy research. The goal of this paper is to highlight the growing body of research on psychotherapy integration, and to identify future directions for research that may strengthen the integration movement as well as the field of psychotherapy as a whole. We first summarize the past 25 years of research on integration, with a focus on four approaches to integration: theoretical integration, technical eclectic, common factors, and assimilative integration. Next, we identify directions of research within these four areas that could strengthen and support integrative practice. We then propose ways in which the perspective of integrationists could contribute to psychotherapy research in the critical areas of harmful effects, therapist effects, practice-oriented research, and training. We end this paper by suggesting that a greater collaboration between integrationists and psychotherapy researchers will help to create a unified landscape of knowledge and action that will benefit all participants and advance the field.

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Coping Style

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A brief, multidimensional measure of clients’ therapy preferences: The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)

A brief, multidimensional measure of clients’ therapy preferences: The Cooper-Norcross Inventory of Preferences (C-NIP)

Attachment, Continuing Bonds, and Complicated Grief Following Violent Loss: Testing a Moderated Model

Research on psychotherapy integration: Building on the past, looking to the future

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