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Joanna P. Weaver; Marci S. DeCaro; Patricia A. Ralston – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2021
First-year STEM students often interpret academic challenges as diagnostic of belonging. Studies demonstrate that a social-belonging intervention helps undergraduates reframe belonging uncertainty as temporary and universal. We implemented this intervention with first-year engineering majors. In Study 1 (N = 284), we analyzed data from engineering…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Engineering, Mathematics, College Freshmen
Grimminger-Seidensticker, Elke; Möhwald, Aiko – Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 2020
Background: Modern Western societies are comprised of social and cultural diversity. As such, it is important that young people develop an awareness and appreciation of different cultures. Physical education (PE) and sport are often considered spaces where intercultural competence and social cohesion can be addressed through motor, social,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Social Integration, Group Unity, Multicultural Education
Croy, Glen; Eva, Nathan – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to design and test an online team intervention for university students, focusing on communication, leadership and team processes, to influence team cohesion and subsequently team assignment performance. It was administered twice as a formative feedback measure and once as a summative evaluation measure across…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teamwork, Group Activities, Group Unity
Tremblay, Marie-Claude; Richard, Lucie; Brousselle, Astrid; Chiocchio, François; Beaudet, Nicole – Studies in Continuing Education, 2017
The health promotion laboratory (HPL-Canada) is a public health professional development program building on a collaborative learning approach in order to support long-term practice change in local health services teams. This study aims to analyse the collaborative learning processes of two teams involved in the program during the first year of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Professional Development, Cooperative Learning
Kamau, Caroline; Spong, Abigail – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Faulty group processes have harmful effects on performance but there is little research about intervention protocols to pre-empt them in higher education. This naturalistic experiment compared a control cohort with an inducted cohort. The inducted cohort attended a workshop, consultations, elected a leader and used tools (a group log and group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teamwork, Protocol Analysis, Cohort Analysis
Klein, Claire M.; Silverman, Michael J. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2012
This pilot intervention compared the effects of songwriting and discussion as methods for teaching self-care to caregivers of those with dementia. The investigator led a psychoeducational discussion and a songwriting intervention with a group of caregivers, focusing on self-care. Participants answered two open-ended questions that were analyzed by…
Descriptors: Intervention, Dementia, Caregivers, Group Unity
Clem, Jamie M.; Smith, Thomas E.; Richards, Kristin V. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Substance abuse researchers identify self-efficacy and group cohesion as important components in alcohol and other drug-dependency treatment. Objectives: The purpose of this single-group, pretest-posttest study is to explore the therapeutic value of a challenge course intervention on the self-efficacy and group cohesion of nine chemically…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Focus Groups
Visser, Maretha; Finestone, Michelle; Sikkema, Kathleen; Boeving-Allen, Alex; Ferreira, Ronel; Eloff, Irma; Forsyth, Brian – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
This paper describes the process of developing a parallel intervention for HIV-positive mothers and their young children (6-10 years) with a view to strengthening the relationship between them. Strong mother-child relationships can contribute to enhanced psychological resilience in children. The intervention was developed through action research,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Mothers, Action Research
Brendtro, Larry K.; Mitchell, Martin L. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2010
A flood of contradictory publications claim widely different methods to be "evidence-based." What then are the key principles for success with challenging youth? Amidst all the confusion, how do we identify powerful universal truths? The answer lies in a "consilience," which involves drawing information from multiple fields of knowledge.…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Learning Processes, Critical Thinking
Elizalde-Utnick, Graciela – Principal Leadership, 2010
As the immigrant population in the United States steadily increases, so does the need for schools to support immigrant students and their families. Providing support serves the dual purpose of assisting the families and fostering a collaborative home-school relationship that benefits everyone. Principals can work with their student support…
Descriptors: Community Services, School Support, Immigrants, Family School Relationship
Akinsulure-Smith, Adeyinka M. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2009
This article describes the implementation of a psychoeducational group treatment with students with a history of refugee trauma, war, and human rights abuses who were further traumatized by the 9/11 attacks in New York City. The rationale for group intervention and specific techniques utilized to promote emotional and behavioral stabilization and…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Group Therapy, Refugees, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Grabosky, Fran – Small Group Behavior, 1985
Presents a model to remedy the problem of groups with poor cohesion, energy, and interaction. The Dynamic Commitment Design promotes group growth through the "fish-bowl" effect. Members currently committed to therapy who wish to make contact form the inner circle, while those wishing to withdraw move outside the circle. (BH)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Group Dynamics, Group Therapy, Group Unity

Stokes, Joseph; And Others – Small Group Behavior, 1983
Dimensions of group self-disclosure, intimacy and immediacy, were examined in two experiments using college student (N=273) subjects who viewed four videotapes of group interactions. Groups in which members made more disclosures about intimate topics were percieved as more cohesive. Higher immediacy, however, was not associated with increased…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Disclosure, Group Dynamics
Lev-Wiesel, Rachel – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2002
A model of intervention for enhancing cohesiveness among community members who hold different political orientations due to the threat of relocation is presented. Residents of communities in the Golan Heights, Israel, were divided into two subgroups according to their political orientations: pro-peace versus pro-territories. The intervention model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict, Intervention, Political Attitudes
Yeo, Roland K. – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between change interventions and organizational learning. It seeks to identify the process through which team learning is developed, the factors that affect organizational learning and its influences on organizational effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach: Two groups of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Development, Manufacturing Industry, Qualitative Research
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