Attitudes and Observations about Nonverbal Communication in the Psychotherapeutic Greeting Situation

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ID13676703
AuthorsD D Flemmer (Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Steven A Sobelman (Loyola University Maryland), Steven Sobelman (Loyola College of Maryland), Michele L Flemmer (University of Baltimore), JAN ASTROM (0000-0003-4717-2224, Linköping University)
Year1996
Volume78
Issue2
Pages407-418
Publication date1996-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.407
PMID9148294
OpenAlexW2122496736
LanguageEN
References cited10

A survey of 209 licensed, psychotherapists was conducted to investigate attitudes towards and observations of nonverbal communication in a reference situation. Background factors such as gender, years of psychotherapeutic experience, hours of therapy practiced each month, and theoretical approach were used to examine relationships. The psychotherapeutic greeting situation, i.e., the first time a therapist and patient meet in a waiting room, was chosen as the reference situation. Female psychotherapists believed that nonverbal communication was more important than male psychotherapists. Psychotherapists with 16 years or more experience supported items that constitute the greeting phase and items on active observation significantly more often than psychotherapists with less experience. Hours of psychotherapeutic practice and frames of reference were not significantly related to any item within the questionnaire. Belief in nonverbal communication was not significantly related to items that involve preparing to meet a patient for the first time

Developmental psychology · Nonverbal communication · Psychotherapist · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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