Date of Graduation

1974

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Type

PhD

Department

Not Listed

Committee Chair

Jim Carruth

Committee Co-Chair

Stan Cohen

Committee Member

Phil Comer

Committee Member

Quin Curtis

Committee Member

Bob Masson

Abstract

Empathy is an important construct in psychotherapy. An overview of emathy training research indicates that almost any direct training approach focusing on empathic behavior stands a good change of success. The present study is on o comparative effectiveness of training approaches Three 2 1/2 hour training techniques, a learning-by-doing approach, a readings and discussion approach, and an approach coming the first 2, were compared with each other and with a no-training control.

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