The Contribution of Hope and Expectancy of Treatment on Clients’ Improvement Feeling

Subject Areas : Clinical psychology

Farah LotfiKashani ¹ , Shahram Vaziri ² , Shokoh Sadat Mohammadi ³

1 - Associate Professor Islamic Azad University Roudehen Branch Roudehen, Iran
2 - Associate Professor Islamic Azad University Roudehen Branch Roudehen, Iran
3 - MA in Clinical Psychology

Received: 2017-12-10 Accepted : 2017-12-10 Published : 2017-09-23

Keywords: hope and expectancy of treatment, improvement feeling,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of hope and expectancy of treatment on clients’ improvement feeling. For this purpose, in a descriptive study, 160 clients who had completed at least two sessions of psychotherapy were selected by purposive sampling method from psychotherapy and counseling centers in Tehran. They were then tested by Subjective Units of Hope and Expectancy of Treatment and Improvement Questionnaire. The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that hope and expectancy explained 93.5, 87.3, 93.1, and 90.9 percent of the variance respectively in improvement feeling, symptom distress, interpersonal relationships and social-role functioning. This study confirmed the significant contribution of hope and expectancy of treatment on clients’ improvement feeling

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