A case of pseudonecrophilia treated by behavior therapy

✍ Scribed by Arnold A. Lazarus

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1968
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 291 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(196801)24:1<113::aid-jclp2270240137>3.0.co;2-q

✦ Synopsis

Although these results demonstrate a clear relationship among level of therapist functioning, frequency and type of confrontation, additional research is needed to determine meaningful patient variables since the in-patient, out-patient classification did not yield any significant interaction effects in this study.

SUMMARY

First interviews of 56 therapists were submitted to objective tape ratings of therapist offered conditions of Empathy, Positive Regard, Genuineness and Concreteness. These ratings served as the bases for dividing these therapists into high and low functioning groups. Additional ratings of patient type, and type and frequency of confrontation were obtained. In-patient, out-patient designated the type of patient. Although patient type did not interact significantly with the other major variables, it was found that frequency and type of confrontation differentiated between high and low therapists.