Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2005
Keywords
NATURALISTIC SOCIAL COGNITION, INSTRUCTIONS, RESPONSES, STUDENTS, SKILLS, SCALE, Psychology
Abstract
Accurate empathy, long argued to be important in psychotherapy, now is an object of social-cognitive research. Graduate-level psychology students viewed brief portions of a therapy session and inferred the thoughts and feelings of the client. Accuracy scores were the rated similarity of their inferences to the client's reported thoughts and feelings. Throughout the semester course in interviewing, experimental participants practiced such judgments with feedback, while controls did not. Both groups' accuracy increased from pre-to post-test on inferred feelings, in part because the post-test was easier. Nonetheless experimental participants on the post-test had greater accuracy of inferred feelings than controls. Women were more accurate than men in inferences for thoughts at post-test. Implications for training and future research are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Barone, David F. and Hutchings, Philinda S., "Increasing empathic accuracy through practice and feedback in a clinical interviewing course" (2005). Faculty Publications – Psychology. 4.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fppsych/4
Comments
This article was originally published by Guilford Publications Inc. and can be found at www.guilfordjournals.com.