Psychotherapists' attitudes toward observations of nonverbal communication in a greeting situation: I. Psychometrics of a questionnaire.
A questionnaire was designed for the assessment of psychotherapists' attitudes toward nonverbal communication and their observation of it in a reference situation, i.e., the first time the therapist and the patient meet in a waiting room. The interrater reliability of the questionnaire was measured. Upon minor modifications, a final version of the questionnaire was completed, and the intrarater (test-retest) reliability, the discriminating capacity, and the homogeneity of the questionnaire were studied. The questionnaire has satisfactory psychometric qualities for use in research on nonverbal communication in psychotherapeutic greeting.
Aström
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Linköping University, Sweden.
Thorell
L H
LH
D'Elia
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy