Abstract
Group cognitive therapy (CT), focused expressive psychotherapy (FEP; a form of group experiential psychotherapy), and supportive, self-directed therapy (S/SD) were compared among 63 patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Variation among patients' coping styles (externalization) and defensiveness (resistance potential) was used in a prospective test of hypothesized differential treatment-patient interactions. Results suggest that patient characteristics can be used differentially to assign psychotherapy types. Externalizing depressed patients improved more than nonexternalizing depressed patients in CT, whereas nonexternalizing (internalizing) patients improved most in S/SD. Conversely, high defensive (resistant) patients improved more in S/SD than in either FEP or CT, whereas low defensive patients improved more in CT than in S/SD.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 333-340 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health