Impact Of Pretreatment Levels Of Depression On Treatment Outcome In A United States Air Force Sample
Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate pretreatment level of depression, overall clinical distress, military rank, number of treatment sessions, and gender as predictors of clinical outcome in the treatment of depression within an active duty United States Air Force sample. An archival review of outpatient mental health records within a Life Skills Support Center, located at an Air Force Base within the mountain west region of the United States, produced a sample of 73 records that were reviewed. A stepwise multiple regression analysis indicated that pretreatment level of depression predicted clinical outcome in the treatment of depression within this active duty United States Air Force sample [ R 2 = .09, F (1, 71) = 7.064, p < .01]. A linear combination of variables produced one significant relationship accounting for 9% of the variance in clinical outcome. Overall clinical distress, military rank, number of treatment sessions, and gender were not found to predict clinical outcome. Significant bivariate correlations were found between pretreatment level of depression and clinical outcome, overall clinical distress and clinical outcome, and pretreatment level of depression and number of treatment sessions. There were no significant bivariate correlations found between military rank and clinical outcome, number of treatment sessions and clinical outcome, and gender and clinical outcome.
Recommended Citation
Ashton, Jon E., "Impact Of Pretreatment Levels Of Depression On Treatment Outcome In A United States Air Force Sample" (2007). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1012.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/1012