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Feedback-informed treatment (FIT) benefits systemic family therapists, but better measures are needed. The new 18-item Change Process Questionnaire (CPQ) offers a clinically useful FIT measure, detailing client relationships, well-being, therapist regard, and therapeutic effects.

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  • Feedback-informed treatment (FIT) enhances systemic family therapy outcomes.
  • Current FIT measures lack clinical utility for therapists.
  • A need exists for precise tools to track therapeutic change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a clinically useful Feedback-informed treatment (FIT) measure.
  • To introduce the Change Process Questionnaire (CPQ) for assessing therapeutic change.
  • To refine the CPQ based on psychometric evaluation.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptualized core dimensions of the therapeutic change process.
  • Developed an initial 25-item Change Process Questionnaire (CPQ).
  • Evaluated the psychometric properties of the CPQ, refining it to 18 items across four subscales.

Main Results:

  • The refined 18-item CPQ demonstrated psychometric validity.
  • The CPQ is organized into four subscales: client relationships, client well-being, therapist regard, and therapeutic effect.
  • The subscales align with core dimensions of the therapeutic change process.

Conclusions:

  • The Change Process Questionnaire (CPQ) offers a clinically useful measure for Feedback-informed treatment (FIT).
  • The CPQ has the potential to advance research and practice in therapeutic change.
  • Further validation and application of the CPQ in clinical settings are warranted.