Client likability: A variable in the study of psychotherapy.

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A study designed to investigate the rateableness of client likability (CL), and the relationship of CL to success in psychotherapy. 10 clients were rated as to their likableness by 10 raters from 2 recorded segments taken from the therapy of each of the clients. The clients were classified into more successful and less successful categories prior to this study. 2 levels of rater familiarity with the cases were employed. It was found that: (a) CL was rated reliably by the familiar raters beyond the .01 level; (b) the more successful clients were liked significantly greater than the less successful clients, beyond the .05 level; and (c) CL correlated significantly with the Experiencing Strand of Rogers' Process Scale. It was concluded that CL can be reliably rated and that success in therapy is possibly related to this variable. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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