Impact of environmental and personality factors upon adolescents before and after psychotherapeutic intervention

The prospective analysis following six months of psychotherapy indicated a significant improvement in distress variables reported by the parents but not by the subjects themselves, pointing to the importance of family intervention as part of adolescent psychotherapy. A decrease in the level of self-criticism after psychotherapeutic intervention was found [F(1, 18) = 4.41, p < 0.05, Eta2 = .20], altering self-criticism from a factor that needs to be neutralized to a factor that can be improved during psychotherapy.