This study examined the effects of music and group stage on group process and group leader and member behavior within 8-week psychoeducational groups for children of divorce. Audiotapes of group sessions were rated using the Interactional Process Analysis and the Group Sessions Ratings Scale. Both treatment groups were very similar in terms of…

Leadership style, group composition, and group development are simultaneously quantified through the use of the matrix. It represents an attempt to objectify the art of group therapy. Comment by Richard C. Rank follows. (Author)

Essentially, the HIM is a systematic set of categories developed for use in understanding and classifying interaction in small groups, especially therapy groups. It has, however, been used not only on T-groups, encounter groups, discussion groups, and such, but also on individual and dyadic counseling sessions. (Author)

Responses to Bales' Interpersonal Ratings Questionnaire were analyzed in an attempt to validate the concepts of three-dimensional space as descriptive of individual performance in small groups. (Author)

Research on mutual-aid groups has begun to examine reasons for joining and outcomes, but few investigations have focused on the processes of group development or interaction. The applicability of a therapy-group development model to student mutual-aid groups was examined to determine the extent to which specified formal group structure and…

Two curricula, Englemann-Becker and New Nursery School, were analyzed for effectiveness with Head Start children over a period of eight months, using the Slosson and Merrill-Palmer tests, a socialization scale and classroom observations. In congnitive development, there are no significant differences between the two curricula as used by teachers…