TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in playfulness, creativity and honesty as possible outcomes of psychotherapy
AU - Yonatan-Leus, Refael
AU - Shefler, Gaby
AU - Tishby, Orya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Society for Psychotherapy Research.
PY - 2020/8/17
Y1 - 2020/8/17
N2 - Objectives: This study comprised an examination of whether clients’ playfulness, creativity, honesty, humor, and happiness changed during psychotherapy. Methods: Sixty-two clients who underwent psychotherapy in a naturalistic setting completed questionnaires at five time points throughout treatment. An HLM analytic approach was applied to account for the hierarchical nature of the data. Results: Mental distress declined during treatment, while playfulness and creativity increased significantly. Honesty decreased significantly in the course of the treatment, while no significant change was found in the level of affiliative humor or the level of happiness. Conclusions: Changes in personality variables that can serve as positive constructs defining mental health, namely playfulness, creativity, and honesty, might be a possible outcome of psychotherapy.
AB - Objectives: This study comprised an examination of whether clients’ playfulness, creativity, honesty, humor, and happiness changed during psychotherapy. Methods: Sixty-two clients who underwent psychotherapy in a naturalistic setting completed questionnaires at five time points throughout treatment. An HLM analytic approach was applied to account for the hierarchical nature of the data. Results: Mental distress declined during treatment, while playfulness and creativity increased significantly. Honesty decreased significantly in the course of the treatment, while no significant change was found in the level of affiliative humor or the level of happiness. Conclusions: Changes in personality variables that can serve as positive constructs defining mental health, namely playfulness, creativity, and honesty, might be a possible outcome of psychotherapy.
KW - creativity
KW - honesty
KW - outcome research
KW - playfulness
KW - psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070252767&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10503307.2019.1649733
DO - 10.1080/10503307.2019.1649733
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C2 - 31368420
AN - SCOPUS:85070252767
SN - 1050-3307
VL - 30
SP - 788
EP - 799
JO - Psychotherapy Research
JF - Psychotherapy Research
IS - 6
ER -