Change in Two Settings

Abstract

Two groups of psychotherapy patients were compared as to the relative effectiveness of a 12-session on-going weekly therapy group and an 18-hour marathon therapy group. The Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire was administered pre-and post-treatment to evaluate effects on underlying personality structure, and a Goal Attainment Scale utilized to report behavioral changes. The hypothesis that the marathon group would show greater positive change initially was supported, as was the hypothesis that the weekly group would evidence greater positive change in the latter two-thirds of the treatment period. A hypothesis that marathon participants would show a moderate loss of an initially strong change toward health was not confirmed.