This article summarizes research on systematic desensitization applied in group settings. Guidelines for use of group desensitization by college counselors are developed, and relevant sources regarding procedural variations cited. The need for research on group desensitization parameters is discussed. (Author)

This brief report describes a two-credit hour course which uses McHolland's Human Potential Seminar to help adults overcome their anxieties about returning to college. (Author/CJ)

The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of four approaches to drug abuse prevention among college students. This study did not identify any particular approach as being more successful than any other approach with regard to knowledge gained, attitudes changed, or the use of drugs. (Author)

Clients reported feeling more positive about terminating from group therapy when they were given written materials to prepare them for the termination. Evidence did not support a transfer of learning to relationships outside the group. (Author)

This study investigated the differences in self-understanding, measured in a mock job interview, between 13 students who participated in values clarification exercises and 15 students who did not. Immediate results indicated that participants evidenced better self-understanding than nonparticipants. Six months later, responding subjects reported…

This article discusses the initial development tasks that greet the student making the transition from school to college. A three-session, structured group program is outlined for helping the new student meet these tasks systematically rather than haphazardly. (Author)

Women students in a community college were studied to determine the effects of single-sex counseling groups and two single-sex minicourses on reducing alienation and increasing self-regard and inner direction in women. (Author)

This article is one attempt to relate the general suggestions of the 1972 ACPA proposed statement on the use of group experiences in higher education to the college and university counseling center. (Author)

This statement represents the work of a task force for the American College Personnel Association. The task force for group procedures was established to consider problems and concerns about the use of group experiences on college campuses. This document gives direction to student-affairs professionals and to professionals facilitating group…

Examined the differential impact of an experimental program in group career counseling and a control group of undergraduate students (N=30) on a measure of career development. Results indicated that career exploration groups may facilitate the career development of undergraduates. (LLL)

This article describes one method, an extinction technique, that has been used efficiently with college students experiencing school related anxiety. (Author)

Personal growth in human potential laboratory participants was tested in the community college setting. When compared to a control group, laboratory participants made significant gains on four of twelve scales of the Personal Orientation Inventory. Participatng groups with high pretest variability tended to demonstrate the greatest growth. (Author)

Examined the effect that a career counseling program using specific concepts from social influence theory (i.e., perceived need, counselor interpretation, and encouragement for reattribution) had on career decisiveness of student clients (N=100). Results support the use of social influence principles in the context of career counseling in a group.…

A sample of 24 students, in both group and individual vocational counseling, showed decreases in career indecision and personal indecision. (Author)

Faculty and upperclass students were trained in group techniques for freshman advising. The 144 advisees had fewer course and room changes, disciplinary referrals and suspensions, and less residence hall damage. They also returned as sophomores in greater numbers than students who experienced traditional advising. (Author)