Verbal Person Centeredness in Interaction

Connecting Micro- and Macro-Level Operationalization

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2350690
AutoresErina L Macgeorge (0000-0003-0534-6038, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, autor de correspondencia), Sara E Branch (0000-0002-1712-5817, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, USA), Cassandra L Carlson-Hill (Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC, USA), Xi Tian (0000-0002-9401-685X, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA), Emily P Caldes (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA), Megan N Miskovsky (Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA), Shannon Beatty (0000-0003-4536-2817, Success Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY, USA), David L Brinker (0000-0002-2015-3528, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
Año2019
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas149-169
Fecha de publicación2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Language and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-927X • E-ISSN: 1552-6526
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0261927x18807508
OpenAlexW2899309192
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas29

Verbal person centeredness (VPC) is a long-dominant conceptualization of quality in supportive communication, but prior work provides limited guidance for researchers seeking to examine its impact in interaction. This study examined the extent to which overall VPC for an interaction is predicted by support providers' specific behaviors. In a laboratory setting, pairs of friends (320 dyads) discussed a problem that one of them was currently experiencing. Transcripts of these interactions were coded by separate research teams for overall VPC of support provision and for the topic, function, and experiential focus of each discrete thought-unit produced by the support provider. Regression analyses showed that VPC was predicted by units representing specific, theoretically interpretable combinations of topical, functional, and experiential focus. The findings provide evidence of validity for procedures used to code VPC for supportive interactions while also displaying ways in which person centeredness is accomplished somewhat differently in interaction than in discrete messages

Cognitive psychology · Conceptualization · Experiential learning · Macro · Operationalization · Applied Psychology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Computer Science · Media Influence and Health · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence