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Can personality traits predict psychotherapy outcome?

H R Conte1, R Plutchik, S Picard

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.

Comprehensive Psychiatry
|January 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

Personality traits impact psychiatric outpatient therapy outcomes. High rejection scores predicted less improvement, while rejection, aggression, passivity, and conflict correlated with symptom severity in new patients.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding personality's role in therapy is crucial for predicting patient outcomes.
  • Psychiatric outpatient clinics serve diverse patient populations with varying needs.
  • Self-report personality measures offer insights into individual differences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between personality dimensions and therapy outcomes in psychiatric outpatients.
  • To determine if specific personality traits predict treatment success.
  • To explore correlations between personality, conflict, social desirability, and presenting symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • Ninety-six new psychiatric outpatient clinic admissions completed the Personality Profile Index (PPI) pre-therapy.

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  • PPI scores (eight personality dimensions, conflict, social desirability) were correlated with therapy session count.
  • Therapy outcomes were assessed using the Symptom Checklist and Global Assessment Scale (GAS).

    • Main Results:

    • Therapy improvement was significantly associated with the number of sessions attended.
    • Patients with high scores for rejecting others showed significantly less improvement.
    • Rejection, aggression, passivity, and conflict scores were significantly related to symptom severity and presenting problems.

    Conclusions:

    • Personality traits, particularly rejection, play a significant role in predicting therapy outcomes.
    • The number of therapy sessions attended is a key factor in patient improvement.
    • Understanding pre-treatment personality profiles can inform clinical expectations and treatment planning.