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Peer reviewedTrower, Peter – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Skilled patients spoke, looked, smiled and gestured more than unskilled patients. They also showed more behavior variability in response to situational changes. Unskilled patients were deficient in component behaviors and in monitoring and other process skills. Deficiencies in speech contributed to impressions of social incompetence. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
