The results of this study suggest, first, that interpersonal warmth does seem to be a personality dimension which can be reliably judged and, second, that it was possible to define and demonstrate the relevance of a number of behavioral cues for warmth. (Author)

No significant effects of the diagnostic information on empathy were found. Certain clients consistently elicited a greater degree of empathy from Ss. Degree of empathic communication was found to be a relatively stable therapist characteristic. (Author)

The present study lends strikingly strong support to the assertion that both eye contact and physical distance are sufficiently stable that one can meaningfully characterize people on these interpersonally significant behaviors. (Author)

The A-B therapist-type scale was administered to male college students and volunteers were chosen from the scale extremes. The results suggested that A's as a group were more variable in their postural and gestural behavior than were B's. (Author)