Using Hierarchical Linear Models to study psychotherapy efficacy

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Published: Apr 24, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v11.n1.20412
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hierarchical linear models, growth curve models, multilevel models, psychotherapy

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Juan Martín Gómez Penedo
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Roberto Muiños
Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero
Pablo Hirsch
Centro Privado de Psicoterapias
Andrés Roussos
Universidad de San Andrés

Abstract

Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) represents a valuable statistical tool for psychotherapy research, given that they allow dealing with the usual dependency presented in its data. These methods are useful to estimate change, disaggregate sources of variations, and analyze the effect of different level predictors. Considering that, these analyses required a highly sophisticated technical knowledge that might remain inaccessible for many researchers, the aim of this paper is to present a guide on how to understand, apply, and report HLM for psychotherapy effects research. To illustrate how to apply HLM, we have drawn on a naturalistic clinical dataset. Disseminating these methods in the Latin-America might represent a meaningful contribution both for research and practice, improving the soundness of clinical studies and helping to develop a more robust knowledge that might leads to greater process and outcome in psychotherapy.

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Using Hierarchical Linear Models to study psychotherapy efficacy. (2019). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 11(1), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v11.n1.20412
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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2019): REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CIENCIAS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO
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Juan Martín Gómez Penedo, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Roberto Muiños, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Andrés Roussos, Universidad de San Andrés

Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.

How to Cite

Using Hierarchical Linear Models to study psychotherapy efficacy. (2019). Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 11(1), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.32348/1852.4206.v11.n1.20412

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