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Validation and Invalidation during Psychotherapy: Implications for Affect and Treatment Attendance

Stigen, Ciara L.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1410209932

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Psychology.
Much has been theorized about the putative benefits and harms of validating and invalidating interactions, yet these constructs have only recently begun to receive empirical attention. The present study fills a gap in the current research literature by examining the associations among clients’ perceptions of their therapists’ validating and invalidating responses and several relevant psychotherapy variables. A sample of 55 outpatient clients from the Psychological Services Center at The Ohio State University was asked to complete a battery of questionnaires, prior to and immediately following each of a subset of their regular therapy sessions. Hierarchical regression models including the validation and invalidation subscales of the Self-Reported Validation and Invalidation Scale (SRVIS-C) were tested to examine their associations with 1) pre- to post-session positive and negative affect, and 2) session attendance failures. Invalidation was found to associate positively with post-session negative affect and negatively with post-session positive affect, even after controlling for pre-session affect, while validation was not. Neither invalidation nor validation was related to session attendance failures. These results provide an important descriptive first look at the validation and invalidation reported by real-world psychotherapy clients, and inform the extant clinical theory linking invalidation and validation with pre-to post-session positive and negative affect, and session attendance failures.
Jennifer Cheavens, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Daniel Strunk, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Steven Beck, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
117 p.
Clinical Psychology
validation; invalidation; alliance; treatment; affect; attendance;

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  • Stigen, C. L. (2014). Validation and Invalidation during Psychotherapy: Implications for Affect and Treatment Attendance [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1410209932

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Stigen, Ciara. Validation and Invalidation during Psychotherapy: Implications for Affect and Treatment Attendance . 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1410209932.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Stigen, Ciara. "Validation and Invalidation during Psychotherapy: Implications for Affect and Treatment Attendance ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1410209932

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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