This study examined the role of emotional catharsis in brief emotive psychotherapy and its differential effects within three time frames. The findings are seen as supporting the contention that within a specific time frame emotional catharsis can lead to certain positive outcomes in brief emotive psychotherapy. (Author)

This study sought to determine which components of a previously successful training procedure are necessary in modifying children's impulsivity. Impulsive second and third graders of both sexes (n=48) were subjects. Results indicate self-reinforcement is a necessary aspect of training in the modification of impulsivity. (Author)

Intimate self-disclosure to a stranger or an acquaintance was seen as less appropriate than nondisclosure. Disclosure to someone of a different age was seen as less appropriate than nondisclosure. Disclosure or nondisclosure to a person of the same age or to a friend was perceived as appropriate. (Author)

The effect of therapist self-disclosure on patients, under induced expectations that disclosure is appropriate, was studied. Results implied that for therapist disclosure to facilitate client openness, a therapist must emphasize disclosure as a part of the professional role and as appropriate for effective psychotherapy. (NG)

The impact of social desirability on level and type of self-disclosure under varying model characteristics was studied. In the no-model condition, social desirability had no effect on the level or content of self-disclosure. Models had no effect on low self-disclosure, but did create modeling effects on high self-disclosure subjects. (NG)

This study examines the relationship between self-disclosure and three facets of diminished mental health in a black female college student sample. Anxiety was significantly related to self-disclosure in the direction opposite to that predicted by the theory of self-disclosure. Implications are discussed. (Author)

Prior to clinical interview, 32 self-referred male clients were exposed to one of four preinterview conditions, namely modeling, detailed instructions, detailed instructions plus modeling, or control. Detailed instructions produced a significant effect of increasing problem and nonproblem self-disclosure and decreasing impersonal self-description…

Investigated the moderating effect of both private and public self-consciousness on the predictive validity of self-reported emotional expressivity. Predictions of higher self-report-criterion correlations for low public self-conscious persons were supported. (Author)

Deals with a cognitive-developmental approach of children's understanding and expression of their emotions. A technique that has emerged in the context of a recent play therapy case with a six-year-old girl is presented. This technique seems to hold promise for facilitating the young child's understanding and expression of polarized feelings.…

It was predicted that attributions of mental illness would be based on the extent to which self-disclosure deviates from appropriate sex role behavior for men and women with self-disclosure perceived as appropriate for women and inappropriate for men. The findings supported the hypotheses. (Author/NG)

Describes a study developed to explore how the extraversion-introversion personality variable may act as a moderator variable in the dyadic self-disclosing situation. (Author/EJT)

A rupture in the therapeutic alliance is a deterioration in the quality of the relationship between patient and therapist; it is an interpersonal marker that indicates an opportunity for exploring and understanding the processes that maintain a maladaptive interpersonal schema. Outlines features of a research program on ruptures in the therapeutic…