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Doster, Joseph A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1972
Results provide additional support for the idea that the psychotherapy process can be facilitated by structuring of the interview situation for the client. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Interviews, Role Playing

Stiles, William B.; Sultan, Faye E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Verbal behavior in transcripts of psychotherapy was coded according to Stile's taxonomy of verbal response modes. Therapists of different theoretical persuasions used different mixtures of verbal techniques. Common elements that make verbal interaction psychologically therapeutic lie in client behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Counseling Techniques, Interaction

Liem, Joan Huser – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
Using families with schizophrenic sons and control families with normal sons, intrafamily communication and schizophrenic thought disorder were evaluated for etiologic versus response basis. Results showed that communication of parents of schizophrenic children was not significantly more disordered than communication in the controlled group. (EK)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Etiology, Family (Sociological Unit)

Stiles, William B.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Compared specific verbal response mode (VRM) indices with the more global Experiencing (EXP) Scale. Stile's VRM taxonomy was used to code transcribed interviews published in the EXP manual. The strongest VRM correlate of EXP level was the percentage of utterances that were disclosure in form and intent. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Disclosure

Dustin, Richard – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
Undergraduates, trained to discriminate understanding from nonunderstanding statements, verbally reinforced each statement they felt to be understanding during counselor interviews. Ratings indicated that beginning counselors had increased their understanding statements, suggesting that such statements can be a function of the number of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Counselor Performance

Doster, Joseph A,; Strickland, Bonnie R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1971
Generally, results indicated that the information about the interviewer and the information requested of the interviewee were significantly related to the verbal behavior of Ss in an ongoing interview situation. For the most part, predictions regarding the approval dimension were not supported. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interviews, Needs

Slaikeu, Karl A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1979
Analyzed temporal variables (counselor talk, caller talk, and silence) in a sample of taped calls to a suicide prevention and crisis service. In comparing three outcome groups (showing, not showing, or canceling subsequent appointment for face-to-face counseling), no-show calls had more silence than the other two groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Counselor Client Relationship, Counselors, Crisis Intervention

Meyers, Andrew; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
A covert self-instructional program was used to reduce the frequency of a hospitalized chronic schizophrenic's inappropriate verbalizations. A marked reduction in the frequency of the target behavior accompanied the treatment intervention, and improved verbal behavior was directly responsible for the decision to discharge the subject from the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Contingency Management

Margolin, Gayla; Wampold, Bruce E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Compared the interactional patterns of distressed (N=22) and nondistressed (N=17) couples through base rate and sequential analyses of communication samples that were coded with the Marital Interactional Coding System. Nondistressed couples emitted higher rates of problem-solving, verbal and nonverbal positive, and neutral behaviors. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods