Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study
Background: The identification of poor outcome predictors is essential if we are to prevent therapeutic failure. Ambivalence – defined as a conflictual relationship between two positions of the self: one favoring change and another one favoring problematic stability – has been consistently associate...
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| author | Cátia Braga António P. Ribeiro Inês Sousa Miguel M. Gonçalves |
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| description | Background: The identification of poor outcome predictors is essential if we are to prevent therapeutic failure. Ambivalence – defined as a conflictual relationship between two positions of the self: one favoring change and another one favoring problematic stability – has been consistently associated with poor outcomes. However, the precise relationship between ambivalence and clients’ symptomatology remains unclear.Objective: This study aims at assessing ambivalence’s power to predict symptomatology, using a longitudinal design.Methods: The complete 305 sessions of 16 narrative and cognitive-behavioral cases have been analyzed with the Ambivalence Coding System and outcome measures have been used for each session.Results: Ambivalence emerged as a significant predictor of subsequent symptomatology suggesting that ambivalence is not only related to treatment outcomes, but that it represents a strong predictor of subsequent symptomatology.Discussion: The implications of ambivalence’s power to predict outcomes for research and clinical practice are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6417b425548441da80daf8566e5e59092022-12-21T19:06:11ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-05-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.01244446571Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory StudyCátia Braga0António P. Ribeiro1Inês Sousa2Miguel M. Gonçalves3Department of Applied Psychology, Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), University of Minho, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Applied Psychology, Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), University of Minho, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Mathematics and Applications, Center of Mathematics University of Minho, Braga, PortugalDepartment of Applied Psychology, Psychology Research Center (CIPsi), University of Minho, Braga, PortugalBackground: The identification of poor outcome predictors is essential if we are to prevent therapeutic failure. Ambivalence – defined as a conflictual relationship between two positions of the self: one favoring change and another one favoring problematic stability – has been consistently associated with poor outcomes. However, the precise relationship between ambivalence and clients’ symptomatology remains unclear.Objective: This study aims at assessing ambivalence’s power to predict symptomatology, using a longitudinal design.Methods: The complete 305 sessions of 16 narrative and cognitive-behavioral cases have been analyzed with the Ambivalence Coding System and outcome measures have been used for each session.Results: Ambivalence emerged as a significant predictor of subsequent symptomatology suggesting that ambivalence is not only related to treatment outcomes, but that it represents a strong predictor of subsequent symptomatology.Discussion: The implications of ambivalence’s power to predict outcomes for research and clinical practice are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01244/fullambivalenceambivalence coding systemambivalence resolutionpoor outcome predictorsinnovative moments |
| spellingShingle | Cátia Braga António P. Ribeiro Inês Sousa Miguel M. Gonçalves Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study Frontiers in Psychology ambivalence ambivalence coding system ambivalence resolution poor outcome predictors innovative moments |
| title | Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study |
| title_full | Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study |
| title_fullStr | Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study |
| title_short | Ambivalence Predicts Symptomatology in Cognitive-Behavioral and Narrative Therapies: An Exploratory Study |
| title_sort | ambivalence predicts symptomatology in cognitive behavioral and narrative therapies an exploratory study |
| topic | ambivalence ambivalence coding system ambivalence resolution poor outcome predictors innovative moments |
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