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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 123, No. 11

Articles | May 01, 1967

The Psychiatrist's Effect on the Behavior and Interaction of Therapy Groups

BORIS M. ASTRACHAN; ARTHUR H. SCHWARTZ; ROBERT BECKER; MARTIN HARROW

Am J Psychiatry 1967;123:1379-1387.

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Assistant Professors of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn. 06504

Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Conn. 06504

1966-67, American Psychiatric Association

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The present study investigated which aspects of group behavior and interaction are influenced more by the particular psychotherapist and patients involved than by the type of group therapy session. Taped segments from three therapists' groups, with each group attending under three controlled conditions, were rated "blind" for 37 aspects of group emotion, behavior, and interaction. The style of behavior preferred by each group therapist influenced particular patterns of group interaction and the groups' characteristic response to stress.

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