Authors respond to issues raised by commentators concerning their Goals and Process (GAP) matrix. Discuss themes apparent in several commentaries, including nomenclature, the need for a new model, complexity of the model, the omission of task/work groups, and revision of the Association for Specialists in Group Work's model. (Author/MKA)

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…

Describes the four group-work categories developed by the Association for Specialists in Group Work as problematic in that the goal and process dimensions of group work are combined within each category. Proposes a new model for classification that separates goals and process dimensions, forming a matrix that allows for more accurate…

Describes counseling with military personnel who have battered their wives and includes referral procedures, assessment, and a group intervention. Associates group participation with increases in relationship skills and curtailed battering. (Author)

Examined effectiveness of relationship enhancement counseling groups for wife abusers by comparing recidivism rates of wife abusers (N=30) in pretrial diversion with rates for abusive husbands who refused treatment (N=30) or who were not referred for treatment (N=30). Treatment was associated with cessation of abuse for one year. (NB)

Eleven curative factors form a triangular framework for conceptual integration of the concerns, developmental dynamics, theoretical perspectives, and leader behaviors that characterize group counseling. The framework is useful for determining effective leader interventions, planning group activities, and generating research hypotheses. (Author)

Studied the relationship between counselor performance and group counseling outcome. College students (N=28) were assigned to one of four counseling groups, and outcome was judged by three doctoral counselor trainees. Results showed higher levels of counselor empathy and confrontation were associated with more favorable outcomes. (JAC)

Isolation from extended family, frequent geographic relocation, living in foreign countries, prolonged separation of spouses, occupational stress, prevalent cross-cultural marriages, financial problems and dependence of the civilian spouse on the military member have been cited as pressures which could contribute to wife-battering by military…

Examines men's experiences in educational groups for batterers. Two factors, imparting of information and development of socializing techniques, were found to be predominant. Other factors thought to be important for abuse treatment (i.e. hope, family reenactment, and modeling) were found to be minimally present. Analysis demonstrates relationship…