Interpersonal problems as predictors of therapeutic alliance and symptom improvement in cognitive therapy for depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The degree to which interpersonal problems of depressed patients improve over the course of cognitive therapy (CT) and relate to the quality of the therapeutic alliance and to symptom improvement, remains unclear.

Methods

We analyzed data of adult outpatients (N=523) with major depressive disorder participating in a clinical trial to determine the factor structure of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Circumplex (IIP-C) and to relate the observed factor scores to the quality of the therapeutic alliance and symptom improvement over the course of CT. Patients received 16-20 sessions protocol (50-60 min each) of individual CT according to the treatment manual by Beck et al. (1979).

Results

We found a three-factor structure (interpersonal distress, agency,

SUBMITTER: Renner F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3306447 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature