Parental Expectations of Psychotherapy

Weiss, Steven L.; Dlugokinski, Eric

doi:10.1080/00223980.1974.9923887

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“…No other significant correlations were found. The lack of significance of socioeconomic factors (such as marital status and employment) and treatment factors (such as length of stay) is consistent with previous research (e.g., Day & Reznikoff, 1980;Weiss & Dlugokinski, 1974).…”

Section: How Do Parents Of Children In Therapysupporting

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“…have more favorable attitudes toward psychotherapy or who receive preparation prior to the start of therapy are more receptive to treatment for their child (Bonner & Everett, 1986;Gustafson, McNamara, & Jensen, 1994); that length of stay in treatment is related to parental socioeconomic factors as well as to child's gender (Weiss & Dlugokinski, 1974); and that premature termination from treatment is associated with parental misconceptions about or resistance to treatment (Day & Reznikoff, 1980;Farley, Peterson, & Spanos, 1975), pessimism regarding the potential helpfulness of treatment, and perceptions of a poor parenttherapist relationship (Kazdin et al, 1997).…”

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Parents' attitudes toward their child's therapist and therapy.

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Farber²

2001

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Parents of children in therapy typically have strong feelings and thoughts about their child's treatment, and their cooperation and support is often a critical aspect of successful treatment. Recent literature, in conjunction with the results of a small-scale study of 51 parents of children currently in treatment, suggests that contrary to classic psychoanalytic literature, parents experience primarily positive attitudes and feelings toward their child's therapist; they tend to feel hopeful, understood, and grateful. For the sake of both promoting and preserving therapeutic gains, therapists should actively pursue an alliance with parents and encourage their participation in their child's treatment.How do parents really feel about their child's therapist? Do they tend to see him or her as helpful or as well-intentioned but ineffective? Do they feel understood and supported by their child's therapist? Are they grateful or do they primarily feel resentful of the therapist's efforts on behalf of their child? Understanding parents' feelings about their child's therapy and therapist is important in facilitating the creation of an effective parent-therapist alliance and in working effectively with the child client.Whereas much has been written-especially from a psychoanalytic perspective-regarding the child's experience of the therapist (e.g., Fraiberg, 1951;Freud, 1974;Tyson, 1978), surprising little attention has been paid in the child therapy literature to parental feelings, reactions, or responses to the child's therapist and therapy. This is true despite the fact that parents usually make the decision to initiate therapy for their child (

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Parents' attitudes toward their child's therapist and therapy.

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2001

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“…In fact, examination of previous literature found only four studies that used the same measure, and these were conducted in the 1980s Everett 1982, 1986;Day and Reznikoff 1980a, b). Among the existing youth expectation measures identified, weaknesses included failure to report psychometrics (Bonner and Everett 1982;Weiss and Dlugokinski 1974), psychometrics being insufficient (Morrissey-Kane 2000; Shuman and Shapiro 2002;Waas and Anderson 1991) and issues related to scoring and/or interpretation Everett 1982, 1986;Day and Reznikoff 1980b;Plunkett 1984;Shuman and Shapiro 2002). For example, scoring and interpretation issues include calculating a single numerical score for measures assessing various types of expectations as well as interpreting expectations as ''inaccurate'' or ''inappropriate'' based on the researcher's determination about the accuracy of specific role expectations or expectations about aspects of the specific treatment.…”

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Validation and Use of the Youth and Caregiver Treatment Outcome Expectations Scale (TOES) to Assess the Relationships Between Expectations, Pretreatment Characteristics, and Outcomes

Dew-Reeves

Athay

2012

Adm Policy Ment Health

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This study introduces the youth and caregiver versions of the Treatment Outcome Expectations Scale (TOES) and presents the results of comprehensive psychometric analyses in a large sample of clinically-referred youth (N = 291) ages 11-18 and their caregivers (N = 268). This study also examines whether expectations are predictive of early or overall treatment change as measured by changes in youth symptom severity rated by multiple respondents (youth, caregiver, and clinician). Additionally, the relationship between treatment outcome expectations and several background, pretreatment, and clinical variables is explored. Finally, this study investigates the correspondence in outcome expectations between dyads of youth and caregivers. Results demonstrate the TOES is a psychometrically sound measure for use in this population. Findings also indicate that while higher youth outcome expectations significantly relate to higher youth-rated internalizing symptom severity at baseline, they also relate to a faster rate of reduction in internalizing symptom severity. Additionally, caregiver age and youth gender were significant predictors of youth-rated outcome expectations. Results also demonstrate a small, positive correlation between youth and caregiver ratings of outcome expectations. Implications, future directions, and limitations of the study are discussed.

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“…The user's experience of the service they receive is emphasised when using mental health services and affects their health care. In last decades, the opinions of people involved in child psychiatry are taken account . Customer satisfaction in health care is an ambiguous concept, though it is recognised as an important indicator of measuring service success.…”

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Parents’ satisfaction with child psychiatry

Räty

Haaranen

Rissanen

2019

Scandinavian Caring Sciences

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Aims Effective social and healthcare services are important for recipient point of view. Reforms in field of social and health care affect straight to the lives of children, adolescents and families. Voice of the parents’ of the child psychiatric patient must be heard during reforms. The purpose of this study was to explore the parents’ satisfaction with the child psychiatric clinic in southern Finland in the autumn 2017. Methods The questionnaire for parents’ included 12 questions related to a single visit experience in clinic. In total, 168 responses were collected at the end of the visits. Likert scale responses were analysed statistically with nonparametric methods for the relationship between variables such as the respondent relationship to the child and the type of visit. The open‐ended questions were analysed by qualitative content analysis. Results The relationship with the child was multifaceted: 54% were mothers and 18% fathers, 13% other adults and 3% child welfare workers. The respondents’ age distribution was 18–62 years, and the average age was 39 years. The respondents were satisfied with their visit at the clinic. The respondents’ relationship with the child was determined how successful the visit was in the point of view of respondent in some cases. There was no difference in the experience for the first‐time visitors and returning visitors or the parents′ who had visited the clinic at the same time. Conclusions Even there was significant difference experiencing the visit in some cases, the respondents were satisfied and visits deemed to have benefit. The speed and availability of care and the skills and competence of the staff were appreciated. Atmosphere in the clinic was warm and positive. Development point of view, lack of information about the duration of the visit was raised to parents at the beginning of the visit.

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Parental Expectations of Psychotherapy

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Parents' attitudes toward their child's therapist and therapy.

Parents' attitudes toward their child's therapist and therapy.

Validation and Use of the Youth and Caregiver Treatment Outcome Expectations Scale (TOES) to Assess the Relationships Between Expectations, Pretreatment Characteristics, and Outcomes

Parents’ satisfaction with child psychiatry

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