Studies // Cited work
The role of common factors in psychotherapy outcomes
Cuijpers, P., Reijnders, M., & Huibers, M. J. H. (2019). The role of common factors in psychotherapy outcomes.
Level D Review doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-050718-095424
What this study supports
Supports the claim that no common or specific factor yet meets the criteria for an empirically validated working mechanism, because mechanism research has been correlational. Narrative review; it does not question that psychotherapies are effective.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a review of evidence on common and specific factors in psychotherapy.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
No claim in the ledger rests on this work yet.