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      Experiencing some improvement is associated with premature therapy dropout Translated title: Experimentar cierta mejoría se asocia a un abandono prematuro de la terapia

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          Abstract Therapeutic dropout is an a priori detrimental phenomenon that frequently occurs in psychotherapy. This work aims to study the factors that may influence therapy dropout. An analysis was carried out on a sample of 298 users of the Applied Psychology Center of the Autonomous University of Madrid. Of these users, 88(29.5%) dropped out of therapy before its completion. The results show that the presence of severe symptoms at the beginning of therapy according to the therapist's criteria, and the diagnosis of anxiety problems, are associated with a higher dropout rate. In addition, it is observed that people who drop out have experienced significant improvement prior to leaving the treatment and show a high level of adaptation to the environment at the time of dropout. According to the therapist's evaluation, however, those who complete the therapeutic process show a greater improvement. The implications of the study are discussed.

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          Resumen El abandono terapéutico es un fenómeno, a priori, perjudicial que ocurre con frecuencia en los servicios de atención psicológica. Este trabajo tiene el objetivo de estudiar los factores que pueden influir en el abandono terapéutico. Se realizó un análisis sobre una muestra de 298 usuarios del Centro de Psicología Aplicada de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, de los cuales 88 (29.5%) abandonan la terapia antes de finalizarla. Los resultados indican que la presencia de síntomas graves al inicio de la terapia y el diagnóstico de problemas ansiedad se asocian a un mayor abandono terapéutico. Además, se observa que las personas que abandonan han experimentado una mejoría significativa antes de renunciar al tratamiento y presentan un nivel de adaptación al entorno alto en el momento del abandono. No obstante, las personas que culminan el proceso terapéutico presentan una mayor mejoría según la valoración del clínico. Se discuten las implicaciones del estudio.

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          The Client Role in Staff Burn-Out

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            Dropout and therapeutic alliance: a meta-analysis of adult individual psychotherapy.

            This meta-analytic review of 11 studies examined the relationship between psychotherapy dropout and therapeutic alliance in adult individual psychotherapy. Results of the meta-analysis demonstrate a moderately strong relationship between psychotherapy dropout and therapeutic alliance (d = .55). Findings indicate that clients with weaker therapeutic alliance are more likely to drop out of psychotherapy. The meta-analysis included a total of 1,301 participants, with an average of 118 participants per study, a standard deviation of 115 participants, and a range from 20 to 451 participants per study. Exploratory analyses were conducted to determine the influence of variables moderating the relationship between alliance and dropout. Client educational history, treatment length, and treatment setting were found to moderate the relationship between alliance and dropout. Studies with a larger percentage of clients who completed high school or higher demonstrated weaker relationships between alliance and dropout. Studies with lengthier treatments demonstrated stronger relationships between alliance and dropout. Inpatient settings demonstrated significantly larger effects than both counseling centers and research clinics. No significant differences were found between client-rated, therapist-rated, and observer/staff-rated alliance. Recommendations for clinicians and researchers are discussed.
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              A treatment by disorder meta-analysis of dropout from psychotherapy.

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                Journal
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                Escritos de Psicología (Internet)
                Escritos de Psicología
                Facultad de Psicología. Universidad de Málaga (Málaga, Málaga, Spain )
                1138-2635
                1989-3809
                December 2022
                : 15
                : 2
                : 59-68
                Affiliations
                [1] Madrid orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid orgdiv1Centro de Psicología Aplicada (CPA-UAM) Spain miriam.romero@ 123456uam.es
                [3] Madrid orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid orgdiv1Centro de Psicología Aplicada (CPA-UAM) Spain
                [4] Madrid orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid orgdiv1Centro de Psicología Aplicada (CPA-UAM) Spain
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                S1989-38092022000200001 S1989-3809(22)01500200001
                10.24310/espsiescpsi.v15i2.14736
                f80e64f2-dd5a-4d2c-84a1-744ef5b4293b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 30 May 2022
                : 29 July 2022
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                ansiedad,gravedad,tratamiento,terapia,abandono terapéutico,anxiety,severity,treatment,therapy,therapeutic dropout

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