TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychotherapy length of stay and outcome
T2 - A meta-analysis of the effect of therapist sex
AU - Bowman, Daniel
AU - Scogin, Forrest
AU - Floyd, Mark
AU - Mckendree-Smith, Nancy
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - This meta-analysis combined results from 64 published and unpublished studies that sought to determine the effect of therapist sex on the outcome of psychotherapy. Therapist sex was found to be a poor predictor of outcome for both male and female clients. Level of therapist training, theoretical orientation of treatment, quality of study, age of clients, and number of treatment sessions did not moderate the minimal effect of therapist sex on the outcome of psychotherapy. We conclude that the sex of the therapist has little overall effect on the outcome of psychotherapy.
AB - This meta-analysis combined results from 64 published and unpublished studies that sought to determine the effect of therapist sex on the outcome of psychotherapy. Therapist sex was found to be a poor predictor of outcome for both male and female clients. Level of therapist training, theoretical orientation of treatment, quality of study, age of clients, and number of treatment sessions did not moderate the minimal effect of therapist sex on the outcome of psychotherapy. We conclude that the sex of the therapist has little overall effect on the outcome of psychotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1037/0033-3204.38.2.142
DO - 10.1037/0033-3204.38.2.142
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0035560564
SN - 0033-3204
VL - 38
SP - 142
EP - 148
JO - Psychotherapy
JF - Psychotherapy
IS - 2
ER -