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A Comparison of Linguistic and Paralinguistic Interview Behaviors of Normals and Obsessives Under Conditions of Reflective and Gestalt Therapy.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A Comparison of Linguistic and Paralinguistic Interview Behaviors of Normals and Obsessives Under Conditions of Reflective and Gestalt Therapy./
Author:	Dixon, Ellen Bradford.
Description:	1 online resource (137 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International44-07B.
Subject:	Psychotherapy. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8317763click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798205634922

A Comparison of Linguistic and Paralinguistic Interview Behaviors of Normals and Obsessives Under Conditions of Reflective and Gestalt Therapy.
Dixon, Ellen Bradford.

A Comparison of Linguistic and Paralinguistic Interview Behaviors of Normals and Obsessives Under Conditions of Reflective and Gestalt Therapy. - 1 online resource (137 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 44-07, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Commonwealth University, 1983.

Includes bibliographical references

The present study was intended to extend the findings and anecdotal reportings of an obsessive language style (e.g., Lorenz. 1955; Kanfer and Marston, 1961; Kiesler, 1977). It was also intended to investigate the usefulness of a Gestalt-type interview in interrupting this style. This study examined the effects of a 30-minute interview (either reflective or Gestalt-type) upon the language of psychometrically-selected obsessive neurotic and actualized normal subjects. The study investigated use of first-person pronouns, use of present-tense verbs, response latency, and Mahl's Speech disturbance Ratio (SDR). Pronoun and verb use were considered to be indicators of immediacy; latency and SDR scores were thought to be measures of anxiety. As a further check on anxiety, Spielberger's A-State scale was administered at the end of the interview. The Gestalt-type interviews were found to result in significantly higher immediacy and anxiety for both subject groups. Also, obsessive subjects were found to show more anxiety than normals across interview conditions as measured by SDR ratios and A-State scores, a finding opposite to that predicted. None of the predicted interaction effects reached significance. Possible reasons for the unanticipated findings are discussed. The most likely of these is that the selection measures resulted in a group of neurotic-introvert subjects who were highly anxious and not necessarily obsessive. Intending to select obsessive neurotics, the investigator instead selected a sample of dysthymics (Eysenck, 1962) who may have been obsessive neurotic, but who may also have been depressive or anxiety neurotics. It is therefore useful to interpret the findings as applying to actualized normals and dysthymics, rather than actualized normals and obsessive neurotics. As for the lack of a significant main effect for subjects for pronoun and tense use, it is suggested that these aspects of language use may not be reliable indicators of neuroticism. Suggestions for future research in this area are given, including suggestions for more adequate subject selection procedures, and for the use of single-subject design.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798205634922Subjects--Topical Terms:

519158
Psychotherapy.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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