Presupposition Compatibility Facilitates Treatment Fidelity in Therapists Learning Structural Family Therapy

Authors

William J. Ryan, The Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Institute
Richard P. Conti, Kean University
George M. Simon, Minuchin Center for the Family

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2013

Abstract

Treatment fidelity refers to the therapist's actual adherence to treatment procedures, and compatibility refers to the degree to which the therapist's own presuppositions match or conflict with those implicit in the treatment method. In an effort to explore a solution to the problem of achieving treatment fidelity, we hypothesized a correlation between treatment fidelity and compatibility. In participant-therapists, the Therapist Presupposition Inventory (TPI) and the Individualism-Collectivism Scale (ICS) measured compatibility, the predictor. The Fidelity Rating was the criterion. Compatibility predicted fidelity, lending support to our hypothesis. Fidelity ratings correlated with TPI Collectivism scores ranging from.72 to.79, and on the ICS scores ranging from.51 to.73. © 2013 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Title

American Journal of Family Therapy

First Page Number

403

Last Page Number

414

DOI

10.1080/01926187.2012.727673

Recommended Citation

Ryan, William J.; Conti, Richard P.; and Simon, George M., "Presupposition Compatibility Facilitates Treatment Fidelity in Therapists Learning Structural Family Therapy" (2013). Kean Publications. 2047.
https://digitalcommons.kean.edu/keanpublications/2047