TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlling is not enough
T2 - The importance of measuring the process and specific effectiveness of psychotherapy treatment and control conditions
AU - Castonguay, Louis G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health Research Grant NH-58593.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The major argument of this article is that failing to measure what is taking place in treatment and control conditions can lead to scientifically invalid conclusions. It is argued that researchers are ethically responsible for being aware that variables related to the therapist, client, and the therapeutic relationship (as well as their interaction) might play a confounding role when treatment and control conditions are compared. As a consequence, they should either measure these variables or be tentative in their interpretation of their findings.
AB - The major argument of this article is that failing to measure what is taking place in treatment and control conditions can lead to scientifically invalid conclusions. It is argued that researchers are ethically responsible for being aware that variables related to the therapist, client, and the therapeutic relationship (as well as their interaction) might play a confounding role when treatment and control conditions are compared. As a consequence, they should either measure these variables or be tentative in their interpretation of their findings.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15327019EB1201_2
DO - 10.1207/S15327019EB1201_2
M3 - Article
C2 - 12171081
AN - SCOPUS:0036043442
SN - 1050-8422
VL - 12
SP - 31
EP - 42
JO - Ethics and Behavior
JF - Ethics and Behavior
IS - 1
ER -