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Personality, Levels of Psychological Distress and Premature Termination of Psychodynamic Group Therapy: Results from a Prospective Longitudinal Study

Peter Wennberg

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet.

Robert M. Weinryb

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychotherapy Section, Karolinska Institutet.

Lars Saxon

Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Magnus Huss Clinic, Karolinska Institutet.

Sara Göransson

Department of Psychology, Stockholm University.

Monica Bush

Eva Skarbrandt

Addiction Center, Stockholm County Council.

This study investigated personality factors and type of psychological distress associated with an increased risk of premature termination of psychodynamic group therapy. Data was part of a larger ongoing longitudinal project. Subjects who had completed the group therapy (n = 53) were compared to subjects who had terminated the therapy prematurely (n = 41) with respect to their pre-therapy personality profiles (as measured with KAPP) and self-reported symptoms (as measured with the SCL–90). Overall, differences between the groups were modest but subjects that dropped out of therapy showed more difficulties with handling frustration, had a more distorted body image, felt more needed and reported higher levels of phobic anxiety.

Key Words: group psychotherapy • premature termination • personality • pre-therapy predictors

Group Analysis, Vol. 37, No. 2, 179-185 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0533316404042853
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