@article{c2542323e3df4e4d99ae34c0724cca1f,
title = "Therapist responsiveness and patient engagement in therapy",
abstract = "This study tests the hypothesis that therapist responsiveness in the first two sessions of therapy relates to three measures of early patient engagement in treatment. Using videotapes and data from the NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program (TDCRP), an instrument was developed to measure therapist responsiveness in the first two sessions of Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy. A factor measuring positive therapeutic atmosphere, as well as a global item of therapist responsiveness, predicted both the patient's positive perception of the therapeutic relationship after the second session and the patient's remaining in therapy for more than four sessions. A negative therapist behavior factor also predicted early termination. Factors measuring therapist attentiveness and early empathic responding did not predict the engagement variables.",
keywords = "early termination, patient-therapist relationship, therapeutic alliance, therapist responsiveness",
author = "Irene Elkin and Lydia Falconnier and Yvonne Smith and Canada, {Kelli E.} and Edward Henderson and Brown, {Eric R.} and McKay, {Benjamin M.}",
note = "Funding Information: The NIMH Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program was initiated and supported by the National Institute of Mental Health. The program was funded by cooperative agreements to six participating sites. The three research sites and their Principal Investigators and Project Coordinators were: George Washington University (MH 33762), Stuart M. Sotsky and David R.Glass; University of Pittsburgh (MH33753), Stanley D. Imber and Paul A. Pilkonis, and University of Oklahoma (MH 33760), John T. Watkins and William R. Leber. The three sites responsible for training therapists and their Principal Investigators and Project Coordinators were Yale University (MH 33827), Myrna M. Weissman, Eve S. Chevron, and Bruce J. Rounsa-ville; Clarke Institute of Psychiatry (MH 38231), Brian F. Shaw and T. Michael Vallis; and Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke{\textquoteright}s Medical Center (MH 35017), Jan A. Fawcett and Phillip Epstein. The principal NIMH collaborators were Irene Elkin, Coordinator, M. Tracie Shea, Associate Coordinator, Morris B. Parloff, and John P. Docherty. Collaborators in data management and data analysis were C. James Klett, Joseph F. Collins, and Roderic Gillis, V.A. Cooperative Studies Program, Perry Point, MD.",
year = "2014",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1080/10503307.2013.820855",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
pages = "52--66",
journal = "Psychotherapy Research",
issn = "1050-3307",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1",
}