Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975?

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Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975? / Cox, W. Miles.
In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Vol. 15, No. 2, 06.1978, p. 108.

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Cox, WM 1978, 'Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975?', Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 108.

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Cox, W. M. (1978). Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975? Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 15(2), 108.

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Cox WM. 1978. Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975?. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 15(2):108.

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Cox, W. Miles. "Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975?". Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 1978, 15(2). 108.

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Cox WM. Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975? Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 1978 Jun;15(2):108.

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Cox, W. Miles. / Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975?. In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. 1978 ; Vol. 15, No. 2. pp. 108.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Where are the A and B therapists, 1970-1975?

AU - Cox, W. Miles

PY - 1978/6

Y1 - 1978/6

N2 - A review of research on the Type A-Type B therapist variable is made with the aim of determining if this is a valid typology for delineating successful and unsuccessful therapeutic interventions. The majority of studies (using analogues of psychotherapy with A and B undergraduates serving as "therapists") have attempted to locate personality and other behavioral correlates of A-B status.Conclusions drawn from these studies stand singly without corroboration; attempts to replicate them have been unsuccessful; or they have been contradicted by other findings. On the whole, it appears that A-B scales measure nothing which is meaningfully and reliably related to therapeutic success.Serious methodological shortcomings of the original research on the A-B variable are noted, and a strong stance is taken that A-B scales and the prolificresearch which they have fostered are useless in elucidating characteristics of effective and ineffective psychotherapists.

AB - A review of research on the Type A-Type B therapist variable is made with the aim of determining if this is a valid typology for delineating successful and unsuccessful therapeutic interventions. The majority of studies (using analogues of psychotherapy with A and B undergraduates serving as "therapists") have attempted to locate personality and other behavioral correlates of A-B status.Conclusions drawn from these studies stand singly without corroboration; attempts to replicate them have been unsuccessful; or they have been contradicted by other findings. On the whole, it appears that A-B scales measure nothing which is meaningfully and reliably related to therapeutic success.Serious methodological shortcomings of the original research on the A-B variable are noted, and a strong stance is taken that A-B scales and the prolificresearch which they have fostered are useless in elucidating characteristics of effective and ineffective psychotherapists.

M3 - Article

VL - 15

SP - 108

JO - Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

JF - Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

SN - 2044-8341

IS - 2

ER -