Verbal Interactions in Group Psychotherapy between Patients with Similar and with Dissimilar Personalities

Abstract
The study explored the relationship in group psychotherapy of the patients' frequency of verbal interactions to their scores on the personality dimensions of Extraversion, Neuroticism, and External Control. On the dimensions of Neuroticism and Extraversion low scorers interacted more with other low scorers and high scorers interacted more with other high scorers. An opposite trend obtained on the External Control dimension.