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. 2014 Sep 5;5:979. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00979

Table 2.

Associations (Pearson’s r) between nonverbal synchrony and outcome.

Outcome variable Head-synchrony Body-synchrony Head partial1 Body partial1 Head and body combined2
Micro-outcome (at end of session)
Alliance (Patient) 0.124 0.454*** -0.071 0.445*** 0.407***
Self-efficacy (Patient) 0.292* 0.383** 0.164 0.304* 0.388***
Alliance (Therapist) 0.045 0.223t -0.050 0.224t 0.257*
Patient’s resistance (Therapist) 0.007 -0.261* 0.126 -0.288* -0.237*
Macro-outcome (at termination of therapy)
Goal attainment (GAS) 0.333** 0.145 0.300* 0.012 0.214t
Changes in experiencing and behavior (VEV) 0.261* 0.141 0.221t 0.036 0.158

tp< 0.10; *p< 0.05; **p< 0.01; ***p< 0.001.

1Correlation between synchrony and outcome with other synchrony partialled out.

2Both regions combined (sum), i.e., whole-body movement.