Journal of Consulting Psychology

Katz, Martin M.; Lorr, Maurice; Rubinstein, Eli A.

doi: 10.1037/h0040446pmid: 13611090

An investigation was made to determine relationship between patient attributes found to be predictive of length of stay in psychotherapy and subsequent improvement in treatment. The findings suggest that knowledge of those factors that determine whether a patient will remain in treatment may have little to tell about whether he will subsequently improve. Therapists' ratings, although of importance, can be considered as only one aspect of a complete objective assessment of patient change. Improvement ratings were related to the therapist's years of experience and to his diagnostic classification of the patient 6 months after treatment. The predictors of patient length of stay involves a multidimensional criterion.

Howard, William

doi: 10.1037/h0041726pmid: 13611091

Buss, Arnold H.; Durkee, Ann

doi: 10.1037/h0046505pmid: 13611092

2 groups of college students (20 men and 20 women) were studied. One group was reinforced for intensely hostile verbalizations and the other for neutral verbalizations. The prediction that neutral material would be learned at a faster rate than hostile material did not show positively. Similarly, the prediction that women manifest slower learning of hostile verbalizations than men gave negative results. Intensely hostile verbalizations were conditioned faster than neutral verbalizations. Women produced fewer intensely hostile responses than men. This appears consistent with sex differences in cultural training.

Matarazzo, Joseph D.; Saslow, George; Hare, A. Paul

doi: 10.1037/h0044688pmid: 13611093

60 outpatients were interviewed using a standardized interview. As viewed from an interaction chronograph framework, doctor-patient reactions consist of 2 stable factors for any individual: how long on the average he or she waits or remains silent before communicating, the number and average duration of each of these communicative interactions. Other factors were evident, however, further evidence seems necessary for validity. The study represents the smallest number of factors which can account for interview interaction behavior as assessed by the interaction chronograph. 18 references.

Dittman, Allen T.

doi: 10.1037/h0049133pmid: N/A

Problems of reliability occur in observing social interactions and coding reports of observation. Reliability studies have been conducted at the Child Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health. Children are observed in social situations and the protocols coded. Agreement by coders is moderately high in judging behaviors that are interpersonal rather than self-directed acts. Disagreements occur when the observations lack detail and interactions are equivocal. The reliability of these measures is analogous to that of tests.

Hyman, Marvin; Wohl, Julian

doi: 10.1037/h0049136pmid: 13611095

Marked fluctuation occur in those persons who come to a mental hygiene clinic for treatment. The following hypotheses were tested: daily intake varies systematically according to the day of the week and the month of the year; daily intake is related to daily climatological conditions, e.g., temperature, precipitation, sunshine, etc.; daily intake is correlated with the rate of local unemployment. These hypotheses were not supported by the obtained data. Applicants come because of needs for help which are not based on situational or environmental factors.

Vernier, Claire M.; Stafford, John W.; Krugman, Arnold D.

doi: 10.1037/h0047933pmid: 13611096

By means of multiple factor analysis the relationships among projective test scores and signs previously considered to be measures of 7 specific psychological variables; and, relationships among 4 types of physical pathology and these same projective test scores were investigated. Of the postulated variables: withdrawal, anxiety, dependency-passivity, depression, ambition, energy, and feelings of invalidism, the variables of withdrawal, anxiety, and dependency-passivity were easily identified. The factor loadings for the 4 types of medical pathology were consistent with the hypothesis that personality factors are not associated with specific types of physical disease.

Winder, C. L.; Kantor, Robert E.

doi: 10.1037/h0047913pmid: 13611097

Among mothers of schizophrenic sons there is a disproportionate number who manifest an immaturity of perceptual organization pathology. This pathology is manifest in parent-child relationships which contribute to the schizophrenic reactions of the sons. Mothers of schizophrenic sons show more of this type pathology than mothers of normal sons. 20 references.