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Christian, David D.; Brown, Cian L.; Portrie-Bethke, Torey L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2019
This study explored the group developmental process of Adventure Therapy (AT) conducted with 9th grade students (n = 20). Researchers measured avoidance, conflict, and cohesion and compared results from this study to the development of traditional counseling groups. Results suggested that AT groups follow a similar developmental process as…
Descriptors: Group Therapy, Group Dynamics, Adventure Education, Grade 9
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McCarthy, Christopher J.; Whittaker, Tiffany A.; Boyle, Lauren H.; Eyal, Maytal – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2017
Rigorous scholarship is essential to the continued growth of group work, yet the unique nature of this counseling specialty poses challenges for quantitative researchers. The purpose of this proposal is to overview unique challenges to quantitative research with groups in the counseling field, including difficulty in obtaining large sample sizes…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Statistical Analysis, Group Counseling, Comparative Analysis
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Barden, Sejal M.; Shannonhouse, Laura; Mobley, Keith – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2015
Scholars (e.g., Bemak & Chung, 2004) underscore the need for group workers to be culturally sensitive. One group training strategy, cultural immersion, is often employed to develop cultural sensitivity. However, no studies have utilized quasi-experimental methodologies to assess differences in cultural sensitivity between trainees that immerse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Counseling, Cultural Awareness, Quasiexperimental Design
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Semmelhack, Diana J.; Hazell, Clive; Hoffman, William – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2008
This study explored the impact of a group-as-a-whole processing group on 11 severely mentally ill adult clients residing in a long term care facility over 30 weeks. Participants were evaluated for the effect of the group on anxiety and depression, using the Beck Depression Index (BDI-II) and the Beck Anxiety Index (BAI). This longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Health Services, Program Effectiveness
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Waldo, Michael; Kerne, Philip A., IV; Kerne, Valerie Van Horn – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
Group leaders randomly employed a counseling leadership approach for one session in place of the guidance leadership approach typically used in six ongoing domestic violence offender groups. Group members completed the Critical Incident Questionnaire to assess therapeutic factors and the Group Experience Rating Form to assess if the leadership…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Group Experience, Group Therapy, Leadership
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Steen, Sam – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2009
This article describes a group counseling intervention promoting academic achievement and ethnic identity development for twenty fifth grade African American elementary students. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) scores of students participating in the treatment group improved significantly over those in the control group. Implications…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnicity, Group Counseling, Grade 5
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Shen, Yu-Pei; Armstrong, Stephen A. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2008
The effectiveness of group sandtray therapy was examined using a pretest-posttest control group design with young adolescent girls (n = 37) identified as having low self-esteem. A split-plot analysis of variance (SPANOVA) revealed statistically significant differences between participants in the treatment and control groups in self-esteem on five…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Females, Early Adolescents, Statistical Analysis
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Riordan, Richard J.; Beggs, Marilyn S. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1988
Presents a scheme for addressing differences between self-help groups and therapy groups, characterizing a list of group work parameters according to emphasis placed on each in therapy groups in contrast with self-help groups. Distinguishes between support groups, started by professional helping organizations or individuals, and self-help groups,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Group Counseling, Group Therapy, Leadership
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Randall, Donald A., Jr. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1995
Three studies of curative factor rankings for female incest survivor groups are summarized and compared with Yalom's (1975) study. A time-limited group is compared with two studies of long-term groups. Limitations, suggestions for future research, and clinical implications are addressed. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Comparative Analysis
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Shechtman, Zipora; Bar-El, Orit; Hadar, Efrat – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1997
Compared the therapeutic factors in counseling groups and psychoeducational groups in the school setting. Results, based on information supplied by 148 eighth-grade students in Israel, indicate no differences in either the number of therapeutic factors attributed to each group process, or the value of these factors for both intervention groups.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Theories, Educational Environment
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Bridbord, Karen; DeLucia-Waack, Janice L.; Jones, Edlyn; Gerrity, Deborah A. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2004
This pilot study compared the effect of two writing techniques, Agenda Setting and Group Focus, to a cognitive technique, reading process notes at the start of a group session, to examine their impact on social climate, member involvement, and behavior. Theoretically an intervention that helps members to focus directly on their goals and potential…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Group Therapy, Reading Processes, Agenda Setting
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Couch, R. David; Childers, John H., Jr. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1989
Identifies and discusses six specific factors that distinguish group therapy from family therapy: epistemology, goals, membership, continuity, rules/norms, and power. The implications of these differences for therapist training and practice are discussed. (TE)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Theories, Family Counseling
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Huss, Susan Norris; Ritchie, Martin – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1999
Investigates the effects of a support group for middle school parentally bereaved children on self-esteem, depression, and problem behavior as well as self-beliefs about abilities to cope with loss. Solomon four group design was used with data analysis by using two way analysis of variance to determine the effect of intervention. No statistically…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Bereavement, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
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Becvar, Dorothy Stroh – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1982
Reviews the literature dealing with differences and similarities between the family and other small groups. Found group goals, structure of therapy, and stage of development are among the differences. Suggests greater attention is needed towards a developmental perspective of the family. (JAC)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Counseling
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Hines, Max – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1988
Examines contextual and process similarities and differences in group and family therapy, with emphasis on Yalom's group therapy and structural, strategic, and symbolic-experiential family therapy. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Group Therapy
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