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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1683</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1705</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">41491</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1683-2024-21-1-55-75</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">TGFJGS</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN PSYCHOLOGY: NEW RESEARCH TRENDS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МЕЖДИСЦИПЛИНАРНОСТЬ В ПСИХОЛОГИИ: НОВЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКИЕ ТРЕНДЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Neural and Physiologic Correlates of the Therapeutic Alliance: A Narrative Review of International Research</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Психофизиологические показатели терапевтического альянса: нарративный обзор зарубежных исследований</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-6471</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8084-3501</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Oreshina</surname><given-names>Galina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Орешина</surname><given-names>Галина Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Junior Researcher, Sirius Center for Cognitive Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>младший научный сотрудник, Научный центр когнитивных исследований</p></bio><email>oreshinagalina.kosm@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-6386</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2852-7406</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Golovanova</surname><given-names>Irina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Голованова</surname><given-names>Ирина Валерьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Sirius Center for Cognitive Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат психологических наук, старший научный сотрудник, направление «Порождение, передача и приобретение знаний», Научный центр когнитивных исследований</p></bio><email>golovanova.iv@talantiuspeh.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Sirius University of Science and Technology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Научно-технологический университет «Сириус»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-11-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 21, NO1 (2024)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 21, №1 (2024)</issue-title><fpage>55</fpage><lpage>75</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-11-10"><day>10</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Oreshina G.V., Golovanova I.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Орешина Г.В., Голованова И.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Oreshina G.V., Golovanova I.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Орешина Г.В., Голованова И.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/41491">https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/41491</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">A quality therapeutic alliance, as a component of a successful psychotherapeutic process, provides a trusting relationship and effective collaboration between psychotherapist and client. This narrative review examines research that explores the relationship between psychophysiological measures of psychotherapy participants and their subjective perceptions of alliance quality. The results of 10 empirical articles, selected after a systematic literature search, are presented within several paragraphs. Each of the paragraphs analyzes and discusses studies using measures of the same human body system, followed by recommendations for further research in the conclusion. Thus, as a result of the analysis of the selected sources, the perceived quality of the alliance showed a positive relationship with the synchronization of brain activity indices, heart rate variability, heart rate, skin electrical activity, and breathing patterns between the participants in the process. However, the only study examined the contribution of participants' individual heart rate variability indices, which showed a relationship only for the client alliance. At the same time, the structure of interrelationships between alliance components and psychophysiological parameters differed depending on the number of participants: in dyadic, in family, in the presence of a supervisor or a second therapist. Recorded changes in physiological parameters may reflect both the patterns of participants' cognitive processes and their affective states - and together add to the understanding of the dynamic process of establishing and experiencing an alliance between participants in a psychotherapy session. Future research should unify the research design, continue to clarify the role of interpersonal synchronization in alliance experience, pay attention to differences in couples and group psychotherapy, and examine multiple psychophysiological variables simultaneously using a multilevel approach.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Качественный терапевтический альянс, как компонент успешного психотерапевтического процесса, обеспечивает доверительные отношения и эффективную коллаборацию между психотерапевтом и клиентом. Данный нарративный обзор рассматривает исследования, которые изучают взаимосвязь между психофизиологическими показателями участников психотерапевтического процесса и их субъективным восприятием качества альянса. Представлены результаты анализа десяти эмпирических статей, отобранных после систематического поиска литературы, сгруппированные в несколько параграфов. В каждом из параграфов анализируются и обсуждаются исследования, использующие показатели одной и той же системы организма человека, после чего в заключении даются рекомендации для дальнейших исследований. Таким образом, в результате обзора отобранных источников установлено, что переживаемое качество альянса показало положительную взаимосвязь с синхронизацией показателей активности головного мозга, вариабельности сердечного ритма, частоты сердцебиения, электрической активности кожи и паттернов дыхания между участниками процесса. При этом, в единственном исследовании рассматривался вклад индивидуальных показателей вариабельности сердечного ритма участников, которые показали взаимосвязь только для альянса клиента. В то же время структура взаимосвязей компонентов альянса и психофизиологических показателей различаются в зависимости от количества участников: в диадной, в семейной, при наличии супервизора или второго психотерапевта. Фиксируемые изменения физиологических параметров, могут отражать как паттерны когнитивных процессов участников, так и их аффективные состояния - и в комплексе дополняют понимание динамического процесса установления и переживания альянса между участниками психотерапевтической сессии. В рамках будущих исследований следует унифицировать исследовательский дизайн, продолжить уточнять роль межличностной синхронизации в переживании альянса, уделять внимание различиям в парной и групповой психотерапии, а также рассматривать несколько психофизиологических параметров одновременно, применяя многоуровневый подход.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>psychotherapy</kwd><kwd>psychological counseling</kwd><kwd>therapeutic alliance</kwd><kwd>interpersonal synchronization</kwd><kwd>heart rate variability</kwd><kwd>heart rate</kwd><kwd>skin conductance</kwd><kwd>brain activity</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>психотерапия</kwd><kwd>психологическое консультирование</kwd><kwd>терапевтический альянс</kwd><kwd>межличностная синхронизация</kwd><kwd>вариабельность сердечного ритма</kwd><kwd>частота сердцебиения</kwd><kwd>электрическая активность кожи</kwd><kwd>активность головного мозга</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This work is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Agreement No. 075-10-2021-093; Project COG-RND-2104).</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Работа выполнена при поддержке Министерства науки и высшего образования Российской Федерации (Соглашение № 075-10-2021-093; проект COG-RND-2104).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Alldredge, C. 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