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R W Marx

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PubMed1990

Thinking about thinking in therapy: an examination of clients' understanding of their therapists' intentions.

Two therapists each provided 2 clients time-limited (10 sessions each) therapies. These were examined to discover relations between (a) clients' understanding of therapists' intentions and episode level outcome, (b) similarities and differences between the participants' valuing of different intentions, and (c) shifts in intentions valued from the beginning to the terminal phases of therapy. By using therapists' segmentation of sessions into episodes and a computerized Counselor Intention List, some positive relations between clients' understanding of counselor intention and episode impact were documented. Differences were found between therapists' and clients' valued intentions as were systematic shifts in valued intentions from beginning to end phases of therapy.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

The TIGER system: automating the geographic structure of the United States census.

The success of a census rests not only on how well the Bureau of the Census collects data, but also on how well the Census Bureau links those data to geographic areas. Problems with the geographic materials produced for the 1980 census caused confusion on the part of the Census Bureau's field staff, the staff processing the collected data, and the users of the resulting information. To avoid similar problems in 1990, the Geography Division of the Census Bureau is developing an automated geographic system that will support numerous Census Bureau operations beginning with the 1990 Decennial Census. A major component of this automated system is the computer-readable map data being developed in cooperation with the US Geological Survey using their 1:100-000-scale map series as the source.

Americas↗
PubMed1983

Self-instructed relaxation: a therapeutic alternative.

A self-instructed relaxation program was compared with therapist-instructed relaxation and waiting list controls. Self-report anxiety measures ( IPAT and STAI ) and a psychophysiological stress profile (frontal EMG, GSR, heart rate, finger temperature monitored under relaxation and stressor conditions) were utilized pre- and posttreatment to determine efficacy. Self-monitored heart rate, respiration rate, and finger temperature were used to monitor home practice sessions. Subjects reported increased ability to relax and control stress; however, frontal EMG measured under stressor conditions was the only dependent measure to confirm this perception. No between-group differences on any other dependent measures were observed. Reliable changes on all self-monitored home practice measures were observed, suggesting that this procedure is a useful gauge of home practice.

Adolescent↗