Validation of Rorschach criteria for predicting duration of therapy.

Predictors of the duration of therapy for clients in the community mental health system

“…To the extent that many clients find psychotherapeutic services ineffective, unrewarding, or dissatisfying, then such services must be altered for better accommodation of these clients Many studies have attempted to provide insight into the factors behind early termination. Most have found certain client variables to be important such as social class factors (Bailey, Warshaw, & Eichler, 1959 & Allison, 1962;Gibby, Stotsky, Hiler, & Miller, 1954;Imber, Nash, & Stone, 1955;Lorr, Katz, & Rubenstein, 1958;McNair, Lorr, & Callahan, 1963;Rosenthal & Frank, 1958;Rubenstein & Lorr, 1956;Sullivan, Miller, & Smelser, 1958); race (Sue, McKinney, Allen, & Hall, 1974); IQ (Garfield, 1971); personality characteristics (Brandt, 1965;Hiler, 1959;Imber, Frank, Gliedman, Nash & Stone, 1956;Kline & King, 1973;McNair, et al, 1963); and attitudes (Heine & Trosman, 1960). Clients' age, sex, marital status, and diagnosis appear to have no consistent relationship with length of treatment (Garfield, 1971;Luborsky, et al, 1971).…”

Shaping a clinic population: The dropout problem reconsidered

“…Of the variables investigated, socioeconomic class has been demonstrated as a poten~predictor, accounting for the majority of dropouts (Auld & Myers, 1954;Frank, Gliedman, Imber, Nash, & Stone, 1957;Gallagher & Kanter, 1961;Garfield & Affleck, 1959;Gibby, 1953Gibby, , 1954Gleidman, 1957;Hiler, 1954Hiler, , 1958Hiler, , 1959Imber, Nash, & Stone, 1956;Lorr, Katz, & Rubinstein, 1958;Rosenthal & Frank, 1958;Rubinstein & Lorr, 1956;Sullivan, Miller, & Smelser, 1958;Winder & Hersko, 1955). Utilizing a broad band of demographic variables, this study investigated the characteristics of adult and child dropouts at a community mental health outpatient clinic.…”

Rorschach in relation to outcome in psychotherapy with college students.

“…Analysis of the data took three forms. The first was an application of approaches revealed by the related literature to have promise (Auld & Eron, 1959;Dana, 1954;Gibby, Stotsky, Hiler, & Miller, 1954;Gibby, Stotsky, Miller, & Hiler, 1953;Koltov & Meadow, 1953). The second was the application of the Klopfer et al (1951) Rorschach Prognostic Rating Scale (RPRS) to the Rorschach protocols in the sample.…”