Personality Correlates of Patient Interactions in Group Psychotherapy

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Abstract
This study attempted to determine what relationships exist between the personality dimensions of extraversion, neuroticism, and external control and patient interactions in group psychotherapy. The verbal response frequencies of 49 psychiatric patients distributed among five groups were correlated with the patient scores on extraversion, neuroticism, and external control scales. Low positive correlations were found between extraversion and patient-to-patient interactions, neuroticism and patient-to-therapist interactions, and external control and patient-to-therapist interactions. Some theoretical and practical implications of the findings were discussed.