First Impressions of Therapists: the Effect of Therapist Gender, Gaze, Smiling and Subject Gender
Description:
Conceptualization psychotherapy as an interpersonal influence process emphasizes how a therapist is perceived by a client. Factors affecting a client's early impressions of a therapist could influence therapeutic interactions since first impressions are relatively stable. The study investigated effects of nonverbal behavior and gender during a simulated initial meeting between a therapist and client. Undergraduates (N = 466) viewed a male or female therapist interviewing with a new female clien…
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Date:
August 1988
Creator:
Ziegler Kratz, Nancy Ann
Partner:
UNT Libraries