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      Positive Variables in Adult Patients Who Are at Different Stages of a Naturalistic Psychotherapeutic Treatment

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          This study aimed twofold: 1) to study some positive variables (three paths to well-being, life satisfaction, overall well-being and meaning of life) in adult patients who are at different stages of a naturalistic cognitive behavioral psychotherapeutic treatment and 2) to analyze their relationship with the progress during treatment, therapeutic alliance and adherence to treatment from the therapist´s perspective. The sample was composed of 85 outpatients who were in psychotherapeutic treatment. Patients completed the Three Pathways to Well-being Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Well-being Index and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Therapists completed treatment related data and an opinion survey of patient´s progress, adherence to treatment and therapeutic relationship. Findings showed positive variables to be higher at the final stage of psychotherapy, particularly higher satisfaction with life, engagement, well-being, and presence of meaning in life. Higher positive variables were moderately associated with more progress during treatment according to therapist’s perspective; however a low association was found with adherence to treatment and therapeutic relationship. No differences were found in positive variables according the type of prevalent symptoms.

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                Journal
                EJOP
                Eur J Psychol
                Europe's Journal of Psychology
                Eur. J. Psychol.
                PsychOpen
                1841-0413
                30 November 2018
                2018
                : 14
                : 4
                : 748-763
                Affiliations
                [a ]National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Universidad de Palermo , Buenos Aires, Argentina
                [2]Department of Psychology, Webster University Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
                [3]Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
                Author notes
                [* ]Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Palermo, Mario Bravo 1259, (C1175ABW), Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel: +54-11-49644684. vgongo1@ 123456palermo.edu
                Article
                ejop.v14i4.1546
                10.5964/ejop.v14i4.1546
                6266524
                ab2e595f-2e26-4614-8ab2-54c46d761065
                Copyright @ 2018

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 24 October 2017
                : 30 April 2018
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                Psychology
                adults,patients,therapist,treatment,positive variables
                Psychology
                adults, patients, therapist, treatment, positive variables

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