Exploring the role of emotions and conversation content in interpersonal synchrony: A case study of a couple therapy session

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Titel: Exploring the role of emotions and conversation content in interpersonal synchrony: A case study of a couple therapy session
Autoren: Virpi-Liisa Kykyri, Petra Nyman-Salonen, Wolfgang Tschacher, Anu Tourunen, Markku Penttonen, Jaakko Seikkula
Quelle: Kykyri, Virpi-Liisa; Nyman-Salonen, Petra; Tschacher, Wolfgang; Tourunen, Anu; Penttonen, Markku; Seikkula, Jaakko (2025). Exploring the role of emotions and conversation content in interpersonal synchrony: A case study of a couple therapy session. Psychotherapy research, 35(2), pp. 190-206. Routledge 10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432>
Kykyri, Virpi-Liisa; Nyman-Salonen, Petra; Tschacher, Wolfgang; Tourunen, Anu; Penttonen, Markku; Seikkula, Jaakko (2024). Exploring the role of emotions and conversation content in interpersonal synchrony: A case study of a couple therapy session. (In Press). Psychotherapy research, pp. 1-17. Routledge 10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432>
Verlagsinformationen: Informa UK Limited, 2024.
Publikationsjahr: 2024
Schlagwörter: vuorovaikutus, movement synchrony, couple therapy, Emotions, emotion, 610 Medicine & health, interpersonal synchrony, sanaton viestintä, tapaustutkimus, Couples Therapy, keskustelu, tunteet, fysiologinen psykologia, Psychology, Hyvinvoinnin tutkimuksen yhteisö, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, pariterapia, School of Wellbeing, ruumiinkieli, 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology, Communication, physiological synchrony, Galvanic Skin Response, psykoterapia, Psykologia, synkronointi, conversation
Beschreibung: This exploratory study investigated the association between interpersonal movement and physiological synchronies, emotional processing, and the conversational structure of a couple therapy session using a multimodal, mixed-method approach.The video recordings of a couple therapy session, in which the participants' electrodermal activity was recorded, were analyzed. The session was divided into topical episodes, a qualitative analysis was conducted on each topical episode's emotional aspects, conversational structure and content. In addition, movement and physiological synchrony were calculated in each topical episode. Regression models were used to discover the associations between qualitative variables and synchronies.Physiological synchrony was associated with the emotional aspects of the session and to episodes in which the spouses' relationship was addressed, while movement synchrony was only related to emotional valence. No association between synchrony and conversational structure was found.The findings suggest that physiological and movement synchrony play distinct roles in psychotherapy. The exploratory study sheds light on the association between momentary synchrony, emotions, and conversational structure in a couple therapy session.
Publikationsart: Article
Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf; fulltext
Sprache: English
ISSN: 1468-4381
1050-3307
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432
DOI: 10.48350/197765
Zugangs-URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38861657
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202406194808
https://boris.unibe.ch/197765/
Rights: CC BY
Dokumentencode: edsair.doi.dedup.....698f10d668e1112d5e9ea410165e38ad
Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:This exploratory study investigated the association between interpersonal movement and physiological synchronies, emotional processing, and the conversational structure of a couple therapy session using a multimodal, mixed-method approach.The video recordings of a couple therapy session, in which the participants' electrodermal activity was recorded, were analyzed. The session was divided into topical episodes, a qualitative analysis was conducted on each topical episode's emotional aspects, conversational structure and content. In addition, movement and physiological synchrony were calculated in each topical episode. Regression models were used to discover the associations between qualitative variables and synchronies.Physiological synchrony was associated with the emotional aspects of the session and to episodes in which the spouses' relationship was addressed, while movement synchrony was only related to emotional valence. No association between synchrony and conversational structure was found.The findings suggest that physiological and movement synchrony play distinct roles in psychotherapy. The exploratory study sheds light on the association between momentary synchrony, emotions, and conversational structure in a couple therapy session.
ISSN:14684381
10503307
DOI:10.1080/10503307.2024.2361432