Construct validity of a measure of affective communication in psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-165

  Meehan, Kevin B ^a   Levy, Kenneth N ^b,c   Clarkin, John F ^c  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Affective communication; Construct validity; Countertransference; Personality disorder; Psychotherapy; Transference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AFFECT REGULATION AND EXPERIENCE Q-SORT QUESTIONNAIRE VERSION; AFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; AFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 84874400164     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: 19391331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027450     Document Type: Article

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