The association of therapist empathy and synchrony in vocally encoded arousal

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-153

  Imel, Zac E ^a   Barco, Jacqueline S ^a   Brown, Halley J ^a   Baucom, Brian R ^a   Baer, John S ^b,c   Kircher, John C ^a   Atkins, David C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Seattle VA/Puget Sound Healthcare System   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Speech signal processing; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AROUSAL; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892863256     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034943     Document Type: Article

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