Members of personal growth groups were more accepting of positive feedback than of negative feedback; however, receiver defensiveness levels were not related to feedback acceptance. (Author)

Describes representative single-subject research designs and related statistical procedures for group counselors to study the effects of interventions in groups. Concludes that despite limitations, single-subject designs are useful for obtaining information about intervention effects with groups in direct service contexts that can be compared to…

Surveyed a sample of the Association for Specialists in Group Work members (n=178) to obtain information regarding research activities and attitudes related to research groups. Results revealed that slightly more than one-third had conducted research with groups during past two years and nonpractitioners were more likely than practitioners or…

Categorized types of consequences associated with corrective behavioral feedback messages anticipated by group members during first meeting of counseling group. Group members (N=286) wrote corrective feedback messages they would be unwilling to communicate in groups and completed form describing potential consequences of communicating corrective…

Compared behavioral and cognitive-behavioral conditions, alone and in combination with structured discussion of anticipated undesired outcomes of communicating corrective feedback, in terms of effects on high- and low-risk takers' corrective feedback production and attitudes toward counseling groups. Subjects who received cognitive and behavioral…

Reviews recent research on group counselor training models that emphasize either acquisition of specific intervention skills or understanding of group processes. (Author)

This article describes an apprenticeship team model developed by Rex Stockton in order to provide graduate students with progressive training and supervised experience in conducting research on group work. The authors describe their learning experiences as students on Stockton's team.