Date of Award
Summer 1984
Document Type
Dissertation - Restricted
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Nordberg, Robert B.
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not there is any significant relationship between 100 acute-care psychiatric inpatients' perceptions of their therapeutic relationships with the hospital treatment staff and various outcome measures. There are two primary research questions addressed in the study. The first research question addresses the issue of whether there is any correlation, between the patients' perceptions of the therapeutic relationship with the treatment staff and the rate at which their psychiatric problems are resolved. The second research question addresses the issue of whether there is any correlation between the patients' perceptions of the therapeutic relationship with the treatment staff and their total length of stay .as inpatients. The secondary research questions assess whether or not there is any significant relationship between the patients' perceptions of the therapeutic relationship with the treatment staff and various descriptive variables' (eg. mean ages, sex, race, diagnosis, etc.). The Barrett - Lennard Relationship Inventory was used to measure the therapeutic relationships as perceived by the patients in this study. It is expected that the findings in this study will be a contribution to the literature. Any significant findings are expected, to serve as a baseline data source for the facility involved and for any future studies of this nature. Any future experimental studies, in particular, may use the data found in this study as a background reference.