Change in usage of cognitive words, affect words, discourse markers, and first person pronoun position among clients in psychotherapy process

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2015
Koşe Demiray, Çiğdem
Aim of present study was to understand changes in speech of clients with regard to certain linguistic features from 5th to 15th session of psychotherapy. Cognitive mechanism words, affect words, usage of the most common discourse markers and usage of first person pronoun in information structure positions were analyzed in speech of clients. Participants of this study were 11 psychotherapists (clinical psychology master and doctorate students) and 16 clients (applicants to AYNA Psychotherapy Unit). In present study word count results of clinets’ speeches were analyzed by mix design ANOVA method. According to results, clients’ usage of affect words, cognitive mechanism words and discourse markers increased from 5th to 15th session of psychotherapy and first person pronoun usage changed significantly in preverbal position from 5th to 15th sessions of psychotherapy. Findings of this study suggest that, psychotherapy leads to certain linguistic changes, and these changes discussed to be means of understand change of clients during psychotherapy.

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Ç. Koşe Demiray, “Change in usage of cognitive words, affect words, discourse markers, and first person pronoun position among clients in psychotherapy process,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2015.