NONVERBAL INDICES OF AROUSAL IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY

Although patient arousal is a presumed contributor to psychotherapy outcome, there currently exists no established measure of its occurrence in a clinical population. This article examines psychometric properties of a nonverbal measure of arousal used with clients in two types of group psychotherapy...

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Published in:Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 1993, Vol.30 (4), p.635-645
Main Authors: BURGOON, JUDEE K, BEUTLER, LARRY E, LE POIRE, BETH A, SALVIO, MARIE-ANNE, ENGLE, DAVID, BERGAN, JOHN, MOHR, DAVID C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive Therapy
Emotional Responses
Experiential Psychotherapy
Group Psychotherapy
Human
Major Depression
Measurement
Nonverbal Communication
Psychometrics
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Summary:Although patient arousal is a presumed contributor to psychotherapy outcome, there currently exists no established measure of its occurrence in a clinical population. This article examines psychometric properties of a nonverbal measure of arousal used with clients in two types of group psychotherapy, experiential and cognitive. A further investigation looks at the relationship between nonverbal arousal and within session benefits in the two group psychotherapies. Different patterns of arousal characterized the different group therapy modalities.
ISSN:0033-3204
1939-1536
DOI:10.1037/0033-3204.30.4.635