Experience of affects predicting sense of self and others in short-term dynamic and cognitive therapy

Psychotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-257

  Berggraf, Lene ^a   Ulvenes, Pål G ^a   Øktedalen, Tuva ^a   Hoffart, Asle ^a   Stiles, Tore ^b   McCullough, Leigh ^a   Wampold, Bruce E ^a  

^a MODUM BAD PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affects; Cognitive therapy; Compassion; Multilevel modeling; Personality disorders; Process of change; Short term dynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT OF THERAPEUTIC OBJECTIVES SCALE; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CONCEPT; SENSE OF OTHERS; SENSE OF SELF; SHORT TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN RELATION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84901745566     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036581     Document Type: Article

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