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Modeling Change Trajectories For Mental Health Symptoms And Functioning During Psychotherapy, Elizabeth Wynn
Modeling Change Trajectories For Mental Health Symptoms And Functioning During Psychotherapy, Elizabeth Wynn
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Psychological symptoms are routinely measured in clinic settings using self-report surveys to help researchers understand the nature of client progress. Past studies have generally used metrics that compare client scores at two time points (beginning and end of treatment) to classify progress by whether there has been significant improvement or deterioration in their symptom levels. However, contemporary practice often uses more frequent (e.g., weekly) assessment. Thus, methodologies incorporating data from every assessment, such as multilevel modeling, are used to provide more nuanced information about change trajectories. Though there is research on the uses of both methodological frameworks, little research has …