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Communicational Structure

Analysis of a Psychotherapy Transaction

by Albert E. Scheflen

This book explains the new structural methods of research in behavior and communication. This application of the method grew out of discoveries made during an investigation of the psychotherapy of schizophrenia, when it was found that even trained observers could not agree on what they had actually seen during a given session. When the sessions were filmed, the observers' objectivity improved but the basic problem of data reduction and interpretation remained unsolved. The final solution came when the directors of research applied the method of context analysis worked out in the field of communication research. Dr. Scheflen shows that analysis of communicational structure, with emphasis on non-verbal behavior—"body language"—is a logical approach to studies of this type.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Halftitle
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART I. Customary Behavioral Communication in Session I
    • Section A. The Communicative Positions in Session I
      • Introduction: Where to Begin the Analysis
      • Chapter 1. The Positions in Session I
      • Chapter 2. Systematic Variations in These Positions
      • Addendum: Review of the Positions
    • Section B. Analysis of the Positions in Session I
      • Introduction: A. Analysis without Reductionism (An Operational Comment)
      • B. The Multimodality Transcript
      • Chapter 3. Point Units that Serviced and Related the Participants
      • Chapter 4. The Language Points of Explaining and Listening
      • Chapter 5. The Metacommunicative Points in Session I
      • Addendum. Review of the Point Units
    • Section С. Synthesis of the Positions:Communieationin Session I
      • Introduction: Synthesis and the Social Level of Observation
      • Chapter 6. Formats and Relations at the Level of the Position
      • Chapter 7. The Total Structure of Session 1
      • Addendum. Communicational Structure in Session I
  • PART II. Special Aspects of Behavioral Communication in Session I
    • Section D. Some Features of the Women’s Performances
      • Introduction: Individuality in Communication
      • Chapter 8. The Performance Styles of the Women
      • Chapter 9. Techniques the Women Used in Session I
      • Chapter 10. Schizophrenic Characteristics in the Behavior of the Women
    • Section E. Some Behaviors of Psychotherapy
      • Introduction: The Evolution of Psychotherapy
      • Chapter 11. The Tactics of the Psychotherapists in Session I
      • Chapter 12. The Whitaker-Malone Strategy
  • Appendix A. Complete Lexical Transcript of Session I
  • Appendix B. The Method of Context Analysis

Metadata

  • isbn
    978-0-253-04944-5
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
  • restrictions
    CC-BY-NC-ND
  • rights
    Copyright © Trustees of Indiana University
  • rights holder
    Indiana University Press
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