Self-Described Reasons for Premature Termination of Psychotherapy by Mexican American, Black American, and Anglo-American Patients
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 47 (2) , 435-443
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1980.47.2.435
Abstract
This study investigated reasons given by Mexican American, black American, and Anglo-American patients for prematurely terminating psychotherapy. 74 patients who had prematurely left therapy in a public psychiatric outpatient clinic were interviewed. The three ethnic groups did not appear to be significantly different in their responses. However, dominant reasons reported for terminating therapy included negative attitudes toward therapists and perceiving therapy as of no benefit.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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