Document Type
Article
Version
Final Published Version
Publication Title
Social Service Review
Volume
75
Publication Date
3-1-2001
Abstract
Although client participation is central to psychosocial interventions, most investigations conceptualize and measure participation in rather crude ways. This review suggests that essential elements of treatment participation are largely unknown, links between participation and outcomes are not clear, and most investigations of influences on within-treatment variations in participation are based on outdated causal models. Drawing on literature on health and mental health care, this article develops a comprehensive conceptual model of treatment participation. It proposes an agenda for future research aimed at understanding participation phenomena in various contexts.
Publisher's Statement
© 2001 by University of Chicago Press.
Citation
Littell, Julia H., Leslie B. Alexander, and William W. Reynolds. "Client Participation: Central and Underinvestigated Elements of Intervention." Social Service Review 75 (2001): 1-28.
DOI
10.1086/591880