Therapist personality
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- Main article: Therapist characteristics
Therapist personality has been studied as a variable effecting treatment outcomes over and above the clinical effects of the mode of therapy used.
White Betz A B Scale
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Geller and Berzins (1976) studied 95 prominent US psychologists using the 19 item version of the scale. Studies have shown that clinicians who are high scorers on the White Betz A B Scale were more successful with schizophrenic patients, while low scoring therapists were more successful with neurotics.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.