Homework Assignments or "Between-Session Experiments" Are Part of Several Therapy

question 57

Multiple Choice

Homework assignments or "between-session experiments" are part of several therapy systems,but their value has largely been examined in the context of CBT. One meta-analysis including 27 studies (Kazantis et al.,2000) found that:

• A)inclusion of homework assignments increased the drop-out rate for a moderate number of patients.
• B)CBT that included between-session homework were no more effective than those that did not.
• C)CBT that included homework produced better outcomes than those that did not.
• D)as long as in-session work included similar exercises as homework,there was no difference between therapies that did and did not assign between-session homework to patients.

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