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The personality and cognitive‐epistemological traits of cognitive‐behavioural and psychoanalytic psychotherapists
Author(s) -
Arthur Andrew R.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1348/000711200160453
Subject(s) - psychology , psychoanalytic theory , trait , personality , cognition , big five personality traits , orientation (vector space) , trait theory , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , geometry , mathematics , computer science , programming language
This is an investigation into the personality and cognitive‐epistemological traits of psychotherapists from two major psychotherapeutic orientations. The purpose is to examine whether there are distinctive trait patterns associated with each orientation. Two hundred and forty‐seven psychotherapists from the psychoanalytic and cognitive‐behavioural orientations completed standardized personality and epistemological trait inventories. The results reveal significant differences on these measures between the two orientation groups, and suggest that different patterns of personality and cognitive‐epistemological traits are associated with practitioners from these two orientations. These trait findings are summarized into two comparative descriptions, which illustrate their differences.