Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Mate Choice

Mate Choice

Mate choice—the decision about whom to mate with—is a type of natural selection, since animals must reproduce to pass down their genes. Mate choice is also called intersexual selection because the behavior occurs between the sexes.

Types of Selection

Types of Selection

Natural selection influences the frequencies of particular alleles and phenotypes within populations in several different ways. Primarily, natural selection can be directional, stabilizing, or disruptive. Directional selection favors one extreme trait and shifts the population towards that phenotype while selecting against individuals displaying alternate traits. Stabilizing selection favors an intermediate trait with a narrow range of variation. Deviation from the optimal phenotype towards an...

Woodward–Hoffmann Selection Rules and Microscopic Reversibility

Woodward–Hoffmann Selection Rules and Microscopic Reversibility

Electrocyclic reactions, cycloadditions, and sigmatropic rearrangements are concerted pericyclic reactions that proceed via a cyclic transition state. These reactions are stereospecific and regioselective. The stereochemistry of the products depends on the symmetry characteristics of the interacting orbitals and the reaction conditions. Accordingly, pericyclic reactions are classified as either symmetry-allowed or symmetry-forbidden. Woodward and Hoffmann presented the selection criteria for...

Dose-Response Relationship: Selectivity and Specificity

Dose-Response Relationship: Selectivity and Specificity

Drugs exert their therapeutic effects by interacting with receptors, enzymes, or ion channels that are present throughout the human body. The strength and duration of the interaction between a drug and its target receptor are characterized by the selectivity and specificity of the drug. Selectivity refers to a drug's strong preference for its intended target over other targets. For instance, isoprenaline, a non-selective β-adrenergic agonist, interacts with both β1- and β2-adrenergic receptors...

The Availability Heuristic

The Availability Heuristic

A heuristic is a general problem-solving framework (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). You can think of these as mental shortcuts that are used to solve problems. Different types of heuristics are used in different types of situations, and the impulse to use a heuristic occurs when one of five conditions is met (Pratkanis, 1989):

Desirable Characteristics in Others

Desirable Characteristics in Others

Various factors, including the type of relationship, gender, and duration of the relationship, influence the perception of desirable characteristics in others. While certain traits such as trustworthiness, cooperativeness, agreeableness, and extraversion are universally valued across all relationships, other characteristics are context-dependent and gain prominence based on specific relational dynamics.Universal and Context-Dependent TraitsTrustworthiness and cooperativeness are fundamental...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

The protocol matters: A meta-analysis of psychotherapy dropout from specific PTSD treatment approaches in U.S. service members and veterans.

Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy·2025

Same author

Development of the Brief Spirituality/Religiosity Functional Competency Scale.

Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)·2025

Same author

Predictors and Outcomes Associated with 25-Year Cognitive Decline in Psychotic Disorders.

Schizophrenia bulletin·2025

Same author

A randomized controlled trial of targeted vs. General direct-to-consumer marketing to address psychotherapy attitudes and stigma in military service members and Veterans.

Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association·2024

Same author

Preventing dropout in spiritually integrated psychotherapies: What are the effective methods of attending to clients' spirituality?

Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.)·2024

Same author

Adherence to Online Interventions for Family Caregivers of People With Dementia: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.

The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry·2024

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 6, 2026

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

Published on: February 22, 2020

Preferences.

Joshua K Swift¹, Jennifer L Callahan, Barbara M Vollmer

¹Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive SSB214, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA. Joshua.Keith.Swift@gmail.com

Journal of Clinical Psychology

|December 2, 2010

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Matching clients with their preferred therapy significantly reduces dropout rates and improves treatment outcomes. Patient preferences are crucial for effective evidence-based practice.

More Related Videos

Exploring Life History Choices: Using Temperature and Substrate Type as Interacting Factors for Blowfly Larval and Female Preferences

Exploring Life History Choices: Using Temperature and Substrate Type as Interacting Factors for Blowfly Larval and Female Preferences

Published on: November 17, 2023

Fat Preference: A Novel Model of Eating Behavior in Rats

Fat Preference: A Novel Model of Eating Behavior in Rats

Published on: June 27, 2014

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 6, 2026

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

Published on: February 22, 2020

Exploring Life History Choices: Using Temperature and Substrate Type as Interacting Factors for Blowfly Larval and Female Preferences

Exploring Life History Choices: Using Temperature and Substrate Type as Interacting Factors for Blowfly Larval and Female Preferences

Published on: November 17, 2023

Fat Preference: A Novel Model of Eating Behavior in Rats

Fat Preference: A Novel Model of Eating Behavior in Rats

Published on: June 27, 2014

Area of Science:

Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

Client preferences are considered vital in evidence-based practice.
Empirical evidence on the impact of client preferences on treatment outcomes remains limited.

Observation:

A meta-analysis synthesized data from 35 studies on the preference effect in adult clients.
The analysis investigated the influence of matching clients to their preferred therapy conditions.

Findings:

Clients matched to their preferred therapy showed significantly lower dropout rates (OR=0.59, p<.001).
Preference-matched clients also demonstrated greater improvements in treatment outcomes (d=0.31, p<.001).
Study design, particularly randomized controlled trials, significantly moderated the preference effect.

Implications:

Incorporating patient preferences into treatment decisions is essential for enhancing therapeutic effectiveness.
Findings support the integration of client-centered approaches in clinical practice.
Further research can explore specific mechanisms underlying the preference effect.