Specific personality traits evoke different countertransference reactions: An empirical study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 702-708

  Rossberg, Jan I ^a,b   Karterud, Sigmund ^a,b   Pedersen, Geir ^c   Friis, Svein ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Network of Psychotherapeutic Day Hospitals   (Norway)

Author keywords

Countertransference reactions; Personality; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; CHARACTER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAY CARE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHARACTER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52649129333     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318186de80     Document Type: Article

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