[Examination of AB therapist type hypothesis].

This study examined the AB therapist type hypothesis: An A therapist type is more effective with schizophrenics, a B therapist type is more effective with neurotics. In this study, contrasting with the previous AB type studies which used frequently the AB type scale, the scale was only supplementarily used. In Examination I, 66 subjects were chosen from experienced male therapists, and the types of the subjects were determined by their self ratings. The subjects were asked whether their personality traits are similar to schizophrenics or neurotics. The existence of AB type was supported by their answer, and it was found that the similarity in their personality to each patient type was important factor of AB type. There was no relation between the AB type scale and AB type which was determined by the self rating. Examination II was conducted to examine the reliability of the self ratings. AB type based on the self rating and AB type based on ratings by others were compaired with subjects of 13 male therapists. Results were that both ratings were identical in all four experienced therapists whereas only two out of seven less experienced therapists. The result was considered to indicate that the self ratings were reliable.