Alexithymic characteristics and patient-therapist interaction: A video analysis of facial affect display

Psychopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 105-111

  Rasting, Marcus ^a   Brosig, Burkhard ^a   Beutel, Manfred E ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Countertransference; Emotional Facial Action Coding System; Facial affect; Patient therapist interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIZATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 22144450359     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085772     Document Type: Article

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