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| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire (Feifel & Eells, 1963) is an open-ended instrument developed to evaluate attitudes toward therapy from both patients and their therapists. The questionnaire focuses on veterans who had completed a course of individual psychotherapy. Patients answered four open-ended questions about their attitudes toward therapy, while therapists responded to similar questions and predicted how their patients would answer. A follow-up survey conducted four years later assessed how participants felt about their past therapy. Interrater reliability was tested, with 79% agreement between two investigators assigning identical category numbers, representing acceptable reliability. |
| Author | Feifel, Herman; Eells, Janet |
| Affiliation | Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic |
| Purpose | To evaluate attitudes toward therapy from veterans who had completed individual psychotherapy and their therapists. |
| Construct | Patient and Therapist Attitudes toward Therapy |
| Instrument Type | Inventory/Questionnaire |
| Format | Open-ended questionnaire with four questions. |
| Test Items Available | Yes |
| Number of Items | 4 |
| Reliability | Interrater Reliability: Two investigators assigned identical category numbers to 79% of responses, representing acceptable reliability. |
| Validity | No validity indicated. |
| Factor Analysis | No factor analysis indicated. |
| Classification | 7900 Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Therapeutic Processes |
| Age Group | Adulthood (18 yrs & older) |
| Population Group | Human; Male; Female; Outpatient |
| Population Details | Sample: Patients and Psychotherapists |
| Location | United States |
| Keywords | Interrater Reliability; Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire; Test Development |
| Index Terms | Client Attitudes; Interrater Reliability; Psychotherapeutic Processes; Psychotherapist Attitudes; Questionnaires; Test Construction |
| Reference | Feifel, H., & Eells, J. (1963). Patients and therapists assess the same psychotherapy. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 27(4), 310–318. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046645 |
Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire
1. What changes, if any, do you feel occurred in you because of your therapy?
2. What about the therapy itself did you find helpful?
3. What about the therapy itself did you find not helpful, or even set you back?
4. Have you any suggestions for ways in which your therapy might have been made more helpful?
Cite this article
Mohammed looti (2026). Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/patient-and-therapist-assessment-of-psychotherapy-questionnaire/
Mohammed looti. "Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 4 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/patient-and-therapist-assessment-of-psychotherapy-questionnaire/.
Mohammed looti. "Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/patient-and-therapist-assessment-of-psychotherapy-questionnaire/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/patient-and-therapist-assessment-of-psychotherapy-questionnaire/.
[1] Mohammed looti, "Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, April, 2026.
Mohammed looti. Patient and Therapist Assessment of Psychotherapy Questionnaire. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2026;vol(issue):pages.