Fifty depressed and fifty nondepressed undergraduate students assigned to categories on the basis of their scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) viewed two short therapy vignettes on video tape depicting the interaction of a "therapist" employing a cognitive-behavioral intervention (Beck) and a "therapist" employing a Self analytic intervention with a depressed "patient". Subjects indicated their initial mood prior to viewing the videos on an adjective checklist, and again after each video. Subjects filled out questionnaires after each video regarding the interaction of the "therapist" with "parient", and also gave verbal appraisals of the "therapists". The results indicated that the Beck "therapist" was viewed as more coercive and demanding than the Self "therapist" by both groups. The depressive found the Self "therapist" more appealing on most ratings of positive attributes and gave the Beck "therapist" higher ratings on most negative attributes. Both groups believed that the Self "therapist" would help the "patient" acquire greater self-efficacy with successful intervention compared to the Beck "therapist". The results are discussed in relation to interpersonal theory and implications for therapeutic intervention. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, Section: B, page: 0911. / Major Professor: Jack E. Hokanson. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76252 |
| Contributors | Dennard, Dana O. Ka'mau., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 108 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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