Online data collection for psychotherapy process research

A preliminary investigation addressed the feasibility of using a specially designed online database to collect psychotherapy session impact and therapist-client alliance data and compared these online measures to published results of their paper-and-pencil counterparts. Participants drawn from a psy...

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Published inCyberpsychology & behavior Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 92
Main Authors Reynolds, Jr, D'Arcy J, Stiles, William B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.2007
Subjects
Adult
Attitude
Data Collection - instrumentation
Female
Humans
Internet
Male
Psychotherapy
Research - instrumentation
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:A preliminary investigation addressed the feasibility of using a specially designed online database to collect psychotherapy session impact and therapist-client alliance data and compared these online measures to published results of their paper-and-pencil counterparts. Participants drawn from a psychology department clinic, a student counseling center, and community agencies visited an online site to report on each of their sessions. Some clients and therapists visited the online database on a regular basis; however, client recruitment and participation was problematic. Equivalence between the online and paper-and-pencil forms was supported, with minor qualifications, by comparable distributions of participant responses on the measures' scales. More direct contact with clients might increase their participation.
ISSN:1094-9313
DOI:10.1089/cpb.2006.9987