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- Title
Dropping Out of Marriage and Family Therapy: A Critical Review of Research.
- Authors
BISCHOFF, RICHARD J.; SPRENKLE, DOUGLAS H.
- Abstract
The lack of attention given to research on the premature termination by clients in marriage and family therapy is evident in research reviews of the dropout phenomenon in psychotherapy. This article is an attempt to fill that void. The research literature on dropping out of family therapy is reviewed and organized. Studies in this area tend to focus on four kinds of variables: client characteristics, therapist characteristics, therapy process variables, and interventions. Stable findings in each of these areas are pointed out. Both limitations and recommendations for future research are discussed.
- Subjects
TERMINATING of psychotherapy; FAMILY psychotherapy; COUPLES therapy; FAMILIES &; psychology; PSYCHOTHERAPY research
- Publication
Family Process, 1993, Vol 32, Issue 3, p353
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1545-5300.1993.00353.x