Measuring Client Fears

The development of an instrument to measure client fears is described. Samples of clients and nonclients in a university setting were asked to rate 15 possible fears about psychotherapy with regard to how much they had been (or would be) concerned about those issues. Factor analyses revealed two fac...

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Published in:	Journal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 933 - 934
Main Authors:	Pipes, Randolph B, Schwarz, Raymond, Crouch, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Psychological Association 01-12-1985
Subjects:	Adult Attitude Measures Client Attitudes Fear Female Human Humans Male Professional-Patient Relations Psychotherapy Set (Psychology) Test Construction
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Summary:	The development of an instrument to measure client fears is described. Samples of clients and nonclients in a university setting were asked to rate 15 possible fears about psychotherapy with regard to how much they had been (or would be) concerned about those issues. Factor analyses revealed two factors, Therapist Responsiveness and Image Concerns. Validity of the factors was supported by a multivariate analysis of variance, which showed significant differences between clients and nonclients. Clients reported significantly less fear for each factor.
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ISSN:	0022-006X 1939-2117
DOI:	10.1037/0022-006X.53.6.933