Client articulated avoidance goals in the therapy context.
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This research investigated the relationship between clients ’ pursuit of avoidance (relative to approach) therapy goals and change in subjective well-being (SWB) from the beginning to the end of therapy. Results indicated that clients with more avoidance therapy goals evidenced a smaller increase in SWB over the course of therapy than those with fewer avoidance goals. Mediational analyses indicated that avoidance therapy goals predicted lower therapist satisfaction, lower therapist satisfaction predicted lower perceptions of therapy effectiveness (perceived problem improvement and perceived goal progress), and these lower perceptions of therapy effectiveness proximally predicted the observed change in SWB. Ancillary analyses linked the adoption of avoidance therapy goals to early parental loss through separation/divorce or death. Individuals typically seek psychotherapy because they want change in their life. The goals for change that a client brings to therapy have an important and pervasive impact on the therapeutic process (Foster & Mash, 1999). These goals influence how the client orients to the therapy environment, participates in the intervention program, and evaluates the effectiveness of intervention
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The measure of purpose in life has been validated in prior social psychology studies, but its utility as an idiographic measure of strivings in clinical samples has rarely been explored.
“Our measure of purpose in life has been validated in prior social psychology studies, however, few studies have explored the utility of an idiographic measure of strivings in clinical samples (Elliot & Church, 2002).”
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“Our measure of purpose in life has been validated in prior social psychology studies; however, few studies have explored the utility of an idiographic measure of strivings in clinical samples (Elliot & Church, 2002).”
BackgroundMethod
- Authors
- Elliot, A. J., & Church, M. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Rochester (US)
- ORCID
- Elliot, Andrew J.
- Venue
- Journal of Counseling Psychology
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 243-254
- ISSN
- 0022-0167 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-2168
- OpenAlex
- W1992917887
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 5.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Counseling Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Keywords
- subjective well-being, psychotherapeutic change, therapist satisfaction, parental loss
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