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Evaluation of a content‐analysis system for therapeutic interviews
Author(s) -
O'Dell Jerry W.,
Winder Paul
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197510)31:4<737::aid-jclp2270310441>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - psychology , content (measure theory) , content analysis , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , applied psychology , mathematical analysis , social science , mathematics , sociology
The Zimmer and Cowles system for content analysis was tried out on psychotherapeutic sessions and on interviews with disturbed patients. It was found that the system indeed did seem to pick up improvement in psychotherapy, and to a lesser degree, differences in speech behavior between patients with radically differing pathologies. It also was concluded that the computer program for the content analysis system is not easily portable, but a SNOBOL equivalent is made available.