Two Studies Involving Expectancy of the Therapeutic Agent
- 1 April 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 36 (2), 523-532
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1975.36.2.523
Abstract
The recent focus on expectancy as a factor in effectiveness of therapy has tended to overlook the role of expectancy of the treatment agent. Study 1 showed manipulated expectancies of a mental hospital staff predicted favorability of discharge for 10 patients ( p < .057). In the second study, a therapeutic analogue, neither “patients'” nor “therapists'” expectancies directly predicted amount of change in 64 students. Congruency of expectancy, however, interacted with “therapists'” warmth or coolness to influence amount of change.Keywords
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