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Use of an empathy algorithm with a role‐played client
Author(s) -
Shaffer Warren F.,
Hasegawa Carol S.
Publication year - 1984
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(198401)40:1<57::aid-jclp2270400110>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - empathy , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , group (periodic table) , psychotherapist , algorithm , applied psychology , social psychology , computer science , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Presented an empathy algorithm, a procedure for deciding whether to use an interchangeable or an additive empathy response and instructions for the construction of each response, to a randomly chosen group of novice counselors ( N = 23). The experimental group performed significantly better in counseling a role‐played client than did a control group of classmates when the groups were measured on the Empathic Understanding Scale and the Counseling Evaluation Inventory.