Psychotherapists' Attitudes towards and Observations of Nonverbal Communication in a Greeting Situation
II. Relationships to Background Variables
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13664724 |
|---|---|
| Authors | JAN ASTROM (0000-0003-4717-2224, Linköping University, corresponding author), Lars‐Håkan Thorell (0000-0002-6843-3975, Linköping University), Lars-Håkan Thorell (Linköping University), Giacomo d’Elia (Linköping University), Giacomo D'Elia (Linköping University) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 183-194 |
| Publication date | 1992-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1992.70.1.183 |
| PMID | 1565719 |
| OpenAlex | W2034214021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
An interview study of 79 Swedish psychotherapists was performed to investigate their attitudes towards and observation of nonverbal communication in a reference situation in relation to background factors such as gender, length of professional experience, and theoretical approach. The greeting situation, i.e., the first time a therapist and patient meet in a waiting-room, was chosen as the reference situation. Face communication in that greeting situation was significantly less achieved by male psychotherapists with relatively short experience than by female therapists. However, this sex difference was not significant among therapists whose psychotherapeutic experience was longer than 13 years. Attaching great importance to nonverbal communication in psychotherapy was related to an intention to be well-kept and to perform correctly in front of the patient, to establish direct communication in the greeting situation, and to background factors such as frequent work in psychotherapy and an eclectic psychotherapeutic approach
Developmental psychology · Nonverbal communication · Psychotherapist · Therapeutic relationship · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 1991 - 1996 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |