Kirk W G, Best J B, Irwin P
J Stud Alcohol. 1986 Jan;47(1):82-4. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1986.47.82.
Alcoholic inpatients evaluated the level of empathy demonstrated by a purported alcoholism counselor. Forty-two detoxified subjects viewed a 15-min videotape of a simulated alcoholism counseling session. Subjects had been randomly assigned to one of two groups: Group 1 was told that the counselor they were about to see was a recovering alcoholic whose empathy they were to evaluate. The subjects in Group 2 were given the same instructions; however, the information concerning the counselor's drinking history was omitted. A form of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (BLRI) was administered immediately after the viewing. No statistical differences between group means on the empathy subscale of the BLRI were found. This finding does not support the contention that a history of drinking and rehabilitation enhances the perception of counselor empathy among alcoholics.
住院酒精成瘾患者对一位所谓的酒精成瘾顾问所表现出的共情水平进行了评估。42名已戒酒的受试者观看了一段时长15分钟的模拟酒精成瘾咨询会话录像带。受试者被随机分为两组：第一组被告知他们即将见到的顾问是一名正在康复的酒精成瘾者，他们要对其共情能力进行评估。第二组受试者得到了相同的指示；然而，关于顾问饮酒史的信息被省略了。观看录像后，立即发放了巴雷特-伦纳德关系量表（BLRI）的一个版本。在BLRI的共情子量表上，两组的平均分没有统计学差异。这一发现并不支持饮酒和康复史会增强酒精成瘾者对顾问共情能力认知的观点。
