Deck 11: Evidence Base

Question 1

McKeel's review of process research indicates that clients of solution-focused therapists are critical of their therapists for being too positive about clients and their possibilities for building solutions.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In comparison to other approaches, research indicates that clients probably make progress more slowly with solution building than with other approaches.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Gingerich and Eisengardt review of studies on solution-focused therapy is a review of solution-focused studies using experimental controls.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

An outcomes management system in which therapists gather data about the client's response to treatment has been shown to improve client retention and outcomes.

Question 5

The meta-analyses performed so far on solution focused brief therapy have shown unusually large overall effect sizes.

Question 6

In the important Knekt et al. study that compared solution focused brief therapy

A) STPP had the best overall outcomes
B) There was no difference in outcome among the three therapies
C) SFBT had the best overall outcomes
D) SFBT and STPP produced better results in year 1 with LTPP catching up in year 2 and surpassing the other two in year 3

Question 7

Treatment manuals are used in research studies to:

A) measure treatment adherence to a particular model of therapy.
B) select random samples of clients.
C) select outcomes for the study.
D) set up control groups.

Question 8

Which form of research is considered the standard for drawing causal inferences about the effects of interventions?

A) Naturalistic outcome studies
B) Process studies of particular practice techniques
C) Microanalysis studies
D) Random controlled trials

Question 9

Microanalysis is a research method that offers promise for making the details of co-construction of meaning between clients and therapists more directly observable.

Question 10

In their outcome study at BFTC, De Jong and Hopwood found similar results to the earlier Kiser study.

Question 11

Early studies of pre-session change at BFTC found that few if any clients showed pre-session change.

Question 12

The earliest research at the Brief Family Therapy Center

Question 13

When comparing the outcomes of a solution-focused approach to those of more problem-focused approaches, the evidence indicates:

A) both approaches have similar outcomes over the same number of sessions.
B) both approaches have similar outcomes, but problem-focused approaches accomplish these outcomes over fewer sessions.
C) both approaches have roughly similar outcomes, but the solution-focused approach accomplishes these over fewer sessions.
D) None of the above

Question 14

_________ is a way of analyzing observable communication sequences that grew out of experimental research in psycholinguistics.

A) Random controlled trials
B) Meta analysis
C) Microanalysis
D) Change process research

Question 15

McKeel's review of process research on solution-focused therapy indicates that, consistently, solution-focused techniques accomplish their intended therapeutic purposes.

Question 16

Random controlled trials

Question 17

The average number of sessions had risen to 15 sessions per client in the later outcome studies at BFTC.

Question 18

The Kiser study at BFTC about treatment outcomes of solution-focused therapy found that more than 3/4 of clients either solved their problem

Question 19

The evidence base for solution focused brief therapy is growing; however, when it has been compared to other approaches accepted as evidence-based, it has not been shown to be equally effective.