Neipp López, María del CarmenBeyebach, MarkNúñez, Rosa MaríaMartínez González, María del Carmen2018-03-142018-03-142015Neipp, M.-C., Beyebach, M., Nuñez, R. M. and Martínez-González, M.-C. (2016). The effect of solution-focused versus problem-focused questions: A replication. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42, 525–535. doi: 10.1111/jmft.121400194-472X (Print)1752-0606 (Electronic)10.1111/jmft.12140https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/27939In therapeutic conversations, questions can be considered as interventions in their own right. This study is a cross-cultural replication of Grant´s (2012) study on the effects of different types of questions on various clinically relevant variables. 204 students of a Spanish university described a real-life problem that they wanted to solve and were then randomly assigned to either a solution-focused or a problem-focused questions condition. Before and after answering the questions, they completed a set of measures that assessed positive and negative affect, self-efficacy, and goal attainment. Solution-focused questions produced a significantly greater increase in self-efficacy, goal approach and action steps than problem-focused questions, and a significantly greater decrease in negative affect, providing further empirical support to solution-focused practices.application/pdfeng© 2015 American Association for Marriage and Family TherapySolution-focused brief therapySolution-focused questionsProblem-focused questionsSelf-efficacyNegative affectPositive affectCross-cultural replicationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess