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dc.contributor.authorSandlin, Samantha H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-08T19:09:43Z
dc.date.available2021-04-08T19:09:43Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10675.2/623963
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dc.description.abstractThe goal of the present study was to explore how trainee therapists’ differential technique usage and perceived helpfulness ratings of the techniques used in therapy relate to their personality characteristics. The NEO-FFI-3 was administered to 59 clinical and counseling graduate students prior to training to assess their self-reported personality traits. Then, during their first therapy course, trainees conducted four therapy sessions with a volunteer client. Trainees watched the videotape of their third session and rated the techniques they perceived themselves to have used and their view of how helpful those interventions were. Results showed a significant, negative relationship between trainee conscientiousness and their use of interventions aimed at helping clients identify contradictions in their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Moreover, significant associations were found between two personality traits and trainees’ perceived helpfulness ratings of their technique usage. Specifically, as trainees’ neuroticism increased, their perception of how helpful they were in helping their client gain a new perspective decreased. Conversely, as their extroversion increased, they perceived themselves to have been more helpful in assisting clients in gaining a new perspective. Notably, all statistically significant findings had a moderate effect size. Our findings provide preliminary conclusions about the relation between trainee personality characteristics and differential technique usage in sessions, as well as how helpful trainees perceived those techniques to be.en_US
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dc.publisherAugusta Universityen_US
dc.rightsCopyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law.en_US
dc.subjecttrainee therapist, therapist personality, NEO-FFI-3, technique usage, helpfulness ratingsen_US
dc.titleTrainee Therapist Personality, Technique Usage, and Helpfulnessen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychological Sciencesen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-04-08T19:09:44Z


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