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Analyses of these tables reveals an overall trend with therapist directive behavior slightly increasing the probability of client resistance across dyads. Considerable variation between dyads, on this relationship, was found to be related to both client reactance level and satisfaction. The predicted relation for reactance level and resistance was found to hold for satisfied, but not less satisfied clients. For satisfied clients, increases in reactance level corresponded to higher probabilities for resistance following directives. Less satisfied clients had consistently high probabilities for resistance following directives. Some support for an interaction effect was found with satisfaction explaining more variance for low reactance level clients then high reactance level clients. The implications of these findings are discussed with respect to research and practice. 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