Theresa B Moyers1, Jon Houck2, Samara L Rice1, Richard Longabaugh3, William R Miller1. 1. Psychology Department, University of New Mexico. 2. Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions, University of New Mexico. 3. Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Common factors such as therapist empathy play an important role in treatment for addictive behaviors. The present study was a secondary analysis designed to evaluate the relation between therapist empathy and alcohol treatment outcomes in data from a large, multisite, randomized controlled trial. METHOD:Audio-recorded psychotherapy sessions for 38 therapists and 700 clients had been randomly selected for fidelity coding from the combined behavioral intervention condition of Project COMBINE. Sessions were evaluated by objective raters for both specific content (coping with craving, building social skills, and managing negative mood) and relational components (empathy level of the therapist). Multilevel modeling with clients nested within therapists evaluated drinks per week at the end of treatment. RESULTS: Approximately 11% of the variance in drinking was accounted for by therapists. A within-therapist effect of empathy was detected (B = -0.381, SE = 0.103, p < .001); more empathy than usual was associated with subsequent decreased drinking. The Social and Recreational Counseling module (B = -0.412, SE = 0.124, p < .001), Coping with Cravings and Urges module (B = -0.362, SE = 0.134, p < .01), and the Mood Management module (B = -0.403, SE = 0.138, p < .01) were also associated with decreased drinking. No between-therapist effect was detected, and the Empathy × Module Content interactions were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study appear consistent with the hypothesis that skills building and therapist empathy are independent contributions to the overall benefit derived from the combined behavioral intervention. (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
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OBJECTIVE: Common factors such as therapist empathy play an important role in treatment for addictive behaviors. The present study was a secondary analysis designed to evaluate the relation between therapist empathy and alcohol treatment outcomes in data from a large, multisite, randomized controlled trial. METHOD: Audio-recorded psychotherapy sessions for 38 therapists and 700 clients had been randomly selected for fidelity coding from the combined behavioral intervention condition of Project COMBINE. Sessions were evaluated by objective raters for both specific content (coping with craving, building social skills, and managing negative mood) and relational components (empathy level of the therapist). Multilevel modeling with clients nested within therapists evaluated drinks per week at the end of treatment. RESULTS: Approximately 11% of the variance in drinking was accounted for by therapists. A within-therapist effect of empathy was detected (B = -0.381, SE = 0.103, p < .001); more empathy than usual was associated with subsequent decreased drinking. The Social and Recreational Counseling module (B = -0.412, SE = 0.124, p < .001), Coping with Cravings and Urges module (B = -0.362, SE = 0.134, p < .01), and the Mood Management module (B = -0.403, SE = 0.138, p < .01) were also associated with decreased drinking. No between-therapist effect was detected, and the Empathy × Module Content interactions were not significant. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study appear consistent with the hypothesis that skills building and therapist empathy are independent contributions to the overall benefit derived from the combined behavioral intervention. (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved).
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