Hypothesized that a therapist's verbalizations evoke differential gsr amplitudes in his patient which are in accordance with a high to low magnitide hierarchy of confrontation, interpretation, interrogation, and reflection. Gsrs for 12 patients and their therapists in initial interviews, and 1 patient with a personality disorder of a schizoid type and his therapist over a series of 12 interviews were continuously monitored throughout the interviews. Verbatim typescripts were coded to correspond in time with the physiological data. Results indicate a correspondence between selected categories of therapist verbalizations, ordered in terms of stimulus specificity and the amplitude of his patient's autonomic arousal. A similar relationship was found between the therapist's level of autonomic arousal in response to his own categorized verbalizations. (45 ref.)
Physiological measures of skin resistance response, heart rate, respiration rate, and electroencephalogram (EEG) were used in a multiple discriminant analysis to differentiate a group of 10 questionnaire‐abnormal Ss from a group of 30 normal Ss. The questionnaire‐abnormal Ss were operationally defined as reactively depressed from specified Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of the 2–4, 2–4–7 code types. The control group was operationally defined by a clinically normal MMPI profile. The method of period analysis was used to electronically transcribe the analog physiological data to digital data for computer manipulation. The depressed group was differentiated from the control group by decreased skin resistance responses, a rapid heart rate, increased respiration rate, and greater activation‐complexity of EEG.
A complex, trilevel computerized system designed for the generation of specific diagnostic statements, individualized prescriptive remedial plans and data storage for research with a juvenile delinquent population is described. The system output is a comprehensive, timely and accurate diagnostic report capable of identifying specific problem areas related to delinquency and capable of offering individualized intervention techniques in each area for use by institutional staff, parents and teachers. This automation provides juvenile judges, probation officers and institutional staff with crucial diagnostic services that offer greater amounts of information with reduced time and consultation costs. Standards utilized in the construction of this system are presented as guidelines for the development of other computer assisted diagnostic programs. Chl UVENILE delinquents are frequently char-
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