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Treatment Moderator

Experimental Research Strategies. 2. Treatment Moderator Candidates. Patient characteristicsDemographicsPretreatment severityComorbid conditionsPersonality traits. Experimental Research Strategies. 3. Treatment Moderator Candidates . Therapist characteristicsProfessional affiliationLevel of ex

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Treatment Moderator

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    1. Experimental Research Strategies 1 Treatment Moderator “A categorical or continuous variable that affects the direction or strength of the relation between treatment and one or more clinical outcomes.”

    2. Experimental Research Strategies 2 Treatment Moderator Candidates Patient characteristics Demographics Pretreatment severity Comorbid conditions Personality traits

    3. Experimental Research Strategies 3 Treatment Moderator Candidates Therapist characteristics Professional affiliation Level of experience Therapeutic skill variable Warmth Empathy Case formulation skills Instigation skills Other

    4. Experimental Research Strategies 4 Examples of Moderator Effects Moderators of overall clinical response Analytic strategy: Demonstrated relationship between moderator and level of improvement Relationship holds across conditions (no moderator by condition interaction) Example: Patients displaying high levels of optimism (moderator) are more likely to improve regardless of whether they receive active treatment, placebo, or no treatment

    5. Experimental Research Strategies 5 Example of Overall Clinical Response

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