Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Developing a manual for identifying interventions in psychotherapy to measure treatment adherence in research
Authors: Schulthess, Peter
Crameri, Aureliano
Koemeda-Lutz, Margit
Tschuschke, Volker
von Wyl, Agnes
et. al: No
Published in: British Gestalt Journal
Volume(Issue): 30
Page(s): 19
Pages to: 30
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher / Ed. Institution: The Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute
ISSN: 0961-771X
Language: English
Subjects: Psychotherapy research; Specific and non-specific intervention; Gestalt therapy; Naturalistic design; Treatment adherence; Manual of therapeutic intervention
Subject (DDC): 616.89: Mental disorders, clinical psychology and psychiatry
Abstract: This article describes the process of developing a manual of therapeutic interventions of ten different modalities. With this manual, independent raters can identify the therapeutic interventions occurring in a therapy session. In research, this is called the control of treatment adherence. The article also presents some results shown by using this manual. A surprising finding was that treatment fidelity was rather low in all treatment modalities. Therapists in all modalities were identified as using between 4.7% and 32.5% of interventions specific to their school of psychotherapy. Nonspecific interventions ranged between 51.4% and 73.2% of all interventions identified.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/24044
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit: Psychological Institute (PI)
Published as part of the ZHAW project: Praxisstudie ambulante Psychotherapie Schweiz (PAP-S)
Appears in collections:Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Schulthess, P., Crameri, A., Koemeda-Lutz, M., Tschuschke, V., & von Wyl, A. (2021). Developing a manual for identifying interventions in psychotherapy to measure treatment adherence in research. British Gestalt Journal, 30, 19–30.
Schulthess, P. et al. (2021) ‘Developing a manual for identifying interventions in psychotherapy to measure treatment adherence in research’, British Gestalt Journal, 30, pp. 19–30.
P. Schulthess, A. Crameri, M. Koemeda-Lutz, V. Tschuschke, and A. von Wyl, “Developing a manual for identifying interventions in psychotherapy to measure treatment adherence in research,” British Gestalt Journal, vol. 30, pp. 19–30, 2021.
SCHULTHESS, Peter, Aureliano CRAMERI, Margit KOEMEDA-LUTZ, Volker TSCHUSCHKE und Agnes VON WYL, 2021. Developing a manual for identifying interventions in psychotherapy to measure treatment adherence in research. British Gestalt Journal. 2021. Bd. 30, S. 19–30
Schulthess, Peter, Aureliano Crameri, Margit Koemeda-Lutz, Volker Tschuschke, and Agnes von Wyl. 2021. “Developing a Manual for Identifying Interventions in Psychotherapy to Measure Treatment Adherence in Research.” British Gestalt Journal 30: 19–30.
Schulthess, Peter, et al. “Developing a Manual for Identifying Interventions in Psychotherapy to Measure Treatment Adherence in Research.” British Gestalt Journal, vol. 30, 2021, pp. 19–30.


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