Demand Characteristics and Inferential Processes in Psychotherapeutic Change.

Horvath, Peter

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Publication Date: 1984

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Demand Characteristics and Inferential Processes in Psychotherapeutic Change.

Horvath, Peter

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v52 n4 p616-24 Aug 1984

Offers evidence that demand characteristics referring to changes in clients' self-concepts are the common factors in psychotherapies. Unassertive subjects (N=87) were assigned to four types of imaginary role playing. Only the demand characteristics condition increased significantly in assertiveness and self-esteem and decreased significantly in social discomfort compared to controls. (JAC)

Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Psychotherapy, Role Playing, Self Concept

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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