[The influence of the therapist's personality on the effect of group psychotherapy].

The paper is based on an all-year survey in the course of which the therapists of the psychotherapeutic department for neuroses were divided into two teams of four which differed significantly in some personality characteristics, in particular dominance, extroversion, directiveness and warmth. The authors investigated the influence of differences in these personality variables on the therapeutic results of eight closed patient groups. The results of the work provide evidence that the investigated differences in personality and behaviour of the therapists did not significantly influence the symptomatic effect of six-week group therapy of neurotic patients. Only differences in self-recognition of patients were found. A significantly greater gain in this sphere was recorded in patient groups which had more permissive therapists.