The therapist's feelings in the therapeutic process

✍ Scribed by Kenneth I. Howard; David E. Orlinsky; James A. Hill

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 764 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(196901)25:1<83::aid-jclp2270250127>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

The raw frequencies all favored the nursing group and the cumulative effect was highly significant (p < .OOl). Considered individually, however, the only card that differentiated between the two groups to a significant degree (p < .05) was Number 2.

SUMMARY

The first 10 female cards of the TAT were administered to a group of freshmen female students, the experiniental group consisting of 53 nursing students, and the control group, 58 liberal arts students. The frequency of assigning proper names to story characters, or "reification", was tabulated for both groups and found to be significant in favor of the nursing group (p < .OOl).

The significant findings seem attributable to the only known variation between the groups, that one had chosen nursing and the other, liberal arts. These findings support the work of Bernstein, Turrell, and Dana on reification in nursing students. However, further study is necessary to determine the meaning of reification.

'Also at Northwestern University.