A five-factor personality inventory and other measures were administered to 39 clients and 15 therapists. Global therapist-client personality similarity and client neuroticism were moderately to strongly associated with lower symptoms. For female clients, global personality similarity and client extraversion were moderately associated with therapeutic alliance. These preliminary results warrant further investigation. If results are replicated, intake personality matching may lead to decreased premature terminations and better outcomes in many kinds of psychosocial treatments.
Author(s): Daniel Coleman, PhD
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Daniel Coleman is Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR.
Address correspondence to Daniel Coleman at Portland State University, PO Box 751-SSW, Portland OR 97207; e-mail: dcoleman@pdx.edu.
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