Insights triggered by textual micro-counseling dialogues of restructuring orientation in experts and students.

摘要: Insight is a salient psychotherapeutic progress but has rarely been measured in controlled experimental setting. This study aimed to assess whether textual micro-counseling dialogue could validly evoke insight and explore the characteristics of insight. The guessing riddle cognitive psychology was used as reference paradigm. Specifically, dialogues applying restructuring techniques were presented. participant first read description psychological distress ("problem") then an explanation ("solution"). Zero-, low-, high-restructuring solutions randomly matched problems it expected that they would trigger different levels experiences. Experts students evaluated adaptability emotional valence problems, insightfulness, novelty, adaptability, solutions. For both experts students, intensities insightfulness produced across high-, low- zero-restructuring Novelty significantly discriminated from other two solution types. Adaptability discriminate high- low-restructuring types solution. Insightfulness had high correlations with novelty adaptability. These results indicated produce greatest features may have meaning for improving effect.