Psychotherapy researchers have long questioned whether increased therapist experience is linked to improved outcomes. Despite numerous cross-sectional studies examining this question, no large-scale longitudinal study has assessed within-therapist changes in outcomes over time.

Bisexual people experience monosexism, the privileging of sexual attraction to one sex or gender, from heterosexual, gay, and lesbian communities. The current study 745 bisexual-identified participants explored their experiences monosexism with heterosexual family members, friends, gay friends. Results indicated that bisexual individuals reported significantly more discrimination community in comparison community, although effect size was small. Acceptance bisexuality acceptance friends were...

Generalizability analyses were used to evaluate the contribution of individual differences people’s transgression-related interpersonal motivations (TRIMs). Individual accounted for 22% 44% variance in participants’ TRIMs (i.e., avoidance, benevolence, and revenge). Although revenge motivation is apparently more cross-situationally consistent than either avoidance or estimating dispositions on basis their responses single transgressions will lead perilously undependable estimates all three...

Rater bias is a substantial source of error in psychological research. Bias distorts observed effect sizes beyond the expected level attenuation due to intrarater error, and impact not accurately estimated using conventional methods correction for attenuation. Using model based on multivariate generalizability theory, this article illustrates how affects research results. The identifies 4 types that may affect findings observer ratings, including biases traditionally termed leniency halo...

World events and psychological research often fail to support a relationship between religion forgiveness. We suggest that the gap general religious of forgiveness actual by individuals (the religion‐forgiveness discrepancy) described McCullough Worthington (1999) may be partly due methodological shortcomings. present three studies with 452 undergraduate participants illustrate how psychometric weaknesses can obscure religiousness transgression‐specific also propose rationalization...

An extensive empirical literature has focused on the self-concealment (SC) construct. In this article, we review 137 studies that used Self-Concealment Scale (SCS) with varied populations (e.g., adolescent; intercultural; international; lesbian, gay, and bisexual; intimate partner). We propose a working model for psychology of SC mechanisms action its effects well-being. A dual-motive conflict between urges to conceal reveal is seen play central role in these health effects. Meta-analytic...

Recent evidence suggests that psychotherapists may not increase in effectiveness over accrued experience naturalistic settings, even settings provide access to patients' outcomes. The current study examined changes psychotherapists' within an agency making a concerted effort improve outcomes through the use of routine outcome monitoring coupled with ongoing consultation and planful application feedback including deliberate practice. Data were available for 7 years implementation from 5,128...

This meta-analysis addressed the question of how effective grief therapy is and for whom, using B. J. Becker's (1988) techniques analyzing standardized mean-change scores. Analyses were based on 35 studies (N = 2,284), with a weighted mean effect size (ES) Δ + 0.43 (95% confidence interval 0.33 to 0.52). Clients in no-treatment control groups showed little improvement (d 0.06), possibly because relatively long delay between loss treatment most (mean 27 months). Moderators efficacy included...

Counseling psychology researchers devote little attention to theory-based measurement validation, as evidenced by cursory mention of validity issues in the method and discussion sections published research reports. Especially, many appear unaware limitations correlations between pairs self-report measures evidence construct validity. The authors provide an overview process validation via user-friendly terminology examples, with special aspects often neglected counseling research, including...

Abstract Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an experientially based group intervention empirically supported to reduce psychological symptomology. Although MBSR has shown be effective intervention, little known about which facets of the are important in producing positive outcomes. This study tested several aspects mindfulness practice (total duration, frequency and quality) with primary focus being on validating (i.e., predictive convergent validity) a new measure quality (PQ-M)....

As mindfulness-based interventions become increasingly widespread, interest has grown in better understanding which features of these treatments produce beneficial effects. The present study examined the relative contribution mindfulness practice time and quality predicting psychological functioning (negative affect, emotion regulation, life, mindfulness). Data were drawn from a randomized clinical trial training for smokers assessed outcomes at posttreatment (n = 43) 5-month follow-up 38)....

Minority stress theory (e.g., Meyer, 2003b), a model for understanding mental health disparities affecting sexual minorities, has primarily been tested in Western samples yet not carefully applied to the experiences of minorities global context, including East Asian countries. Combining minority with considerations Chinese culture, current study associations among norm conformity, distal stressor (enacted stigma), proximal stressors (sexual identity concerns and concealment), lesbian, gay,...

Social relations analyses examined the relative importance of forgivingness (disposition to forgive others), forgivability (tendency obtain forgiveness from and relationship effects in determining family members' transgression-related interpersonal motivations (TRIMs) their perceptions others' TRIMs toward them (PTRIMs).In 2 studies, individual dyadic predictors these components differed by role (father, mother, or early adolescent child).Dispositional tendencies accounted for most variance...