Relations among psychotherapists’ epistemic orientation, personal style and emotion regulation

Authors

  • Emanuel Missias Silva Palma Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Sônia Maria Guedes Gondim Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e35426

Keywords:

Epistemic orientation, Personal style, Emotion regulation, Psychotherapist

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to examine the relations among psychotherapists’ epistemic orientation (i.e., intuitive, empiricist, and rationalist), personal style and emotion regulation strategies. Participants in the study were 674 psychotherapists of different theoretical approaches, who completed an online questionnaire containing measures of epistemic orientation, personal style, and emotion regulation strategies. Psychotherapists profiled as predominantly intuitive tended towards broader attention and greater emotional closeness as compared to those profiled as predominantly rationalist or empiricist. Furthermore, they also reported using more strategies for increasing the effects of positive emotions than rationalists. Implications for training, practice and therapist well-being are discussed.

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Author Biographies

Emanuel Missias Silva Palma, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Psicólogo, mestre e doutor em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Sônia Maria Guedes Gondim, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Psicóloga e Professora Titular do Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia, com mestrado em Psicologia Social pela Universidade Gama Filho e doutorado em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.   

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2019-02-27

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Palma, E. M. S., & Gondim, S. M. G. (2019). Relations among psychotherapists’ epistemic orientation, personal style and emotion regulation. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 35. https://doi.org/10.1590/0102.3772e35426

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Vol. 35 (2019)

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Estudos Empíricos

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