AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE AMPLIFYING POWER OF VERBAL INTERVENTIONS MADE BY THERAPISTS IN TRAINING.
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Title
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AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE AMPLIFYING POWER OF VERBAL INTERVENTIONS MADE BY THERAPISTS IN TRAINING.
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Identifier
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AAI8023723
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identifier
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8023723
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Creator
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MILLER, GERALDINE.
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Contributor
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Arthur Arkin
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Date
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1980
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical
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Abstract
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The present study examines the relative amplifying powers (increase in relevant free association) of four classes of therapist inquiry during psychotherapy: formal interpretation, questions of motive (variant of an interpretation), empathic statements, and questions of fact. A second objective in this research was to determine the nature of the interpretative interventions, both formal interpretations and questions of motive. The clinical inquiry categories under study consisted of: substantive clarification, transference, defense-impulse, and resistance. The relative amplifying powers (increase in relevant free association) related to the above mentioned categories was also examined. A final objective in this investigation was to analyze the verbal activity of the therapist delivering clinical inquiries to the patient.;Evidence was drawn from transcribed verbatim tapes of therapy sessions enlisting bona fide patients and therapists-in-training.;The results indicated that patient amplification (relevant free association) was greatest with respect to empathic statements. When compared with formal interpretations, patient amplification was greater for questions of motive (variance of an interpretation). The least amount of patient amplification was observed to follow a question of fact.;The second part of this investigation indicated that therapist inquiries cast as substantive clarification questions of motive were most powerful. Patient amplification was also found to be statistically greater after formal defense-impulse and resistance interpretations as well as after resistance questions of motive than defense-impulse questions of motive or inquiries in the transference and substantive clarification classes. A majority of substantive clarification therapist inquiries were cast as questions of motive. However, formal substantive clarification interpretations with the greatest overall therapist verbal activity were found to elicit the least amount of patient amplification. Therapist verbal activity was greater when delivering formal interpretations in the following order: substantive clarification, defense-impulse, resistance, and transference. Questions of motive were also found to be statistically greater in the classes of resistance, defense-impulse, and transference in terms of therapist verbal activity.;The results of the present study call into question the results of earlier investigations examining the comparative effects of various inquiry techniques. The findings were discussed and suggestions made for future research.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
