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Peer reviewedBales, Robert R. – Small Group Behavior, 1976
The four papers presented here include a study of group communication process among college students, a developmental analysis of social interaction, an analysis of environmental impact on interaction, and a methodological discussion of ways of studying interaction. These papers are followed by series of three discussion papers. (PS)
Descriptors: Conferences, Group Dynamics, Group Structure, Interaction
Peer reviewedHamer, Bill; Miller, Theodore K. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1975
This article describes research done to develop and test a proactive model for positive married student adjustment that could serve as an educational vehicle in aiding mature self-direction and development as a married student unit. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedGilmore, S. – Educational Review, 1973
The aim of this study was to observe the dynamics of a socio-psychological process, namely, cohesiveness, occurring among seven-year old pupils organised in groups of five engaged in an improvised drama activity. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Drama, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Group Dynamics
Seltzer, Vivian C. – 1974
This study examines social comparison processes occurring in the interactions among normal adolescents in peer groups. Eight types of social comparison processes were predicted. Two of these, specific to adolescent developmental processes, are new. The experimental design called for behavioral observation documenting occurrence of social…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Group Dynamics
Download full textSmith, H. W. – 1971
Data are presented which show: (1) that differences between adult and child psyches have important implications for age-stratified interaction process; and (2) that adult-child interactional differences cannot be solely attributable to genetic or psychological differences but that they are in part due to social factors. The data are based on…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Group Dynamics
Bell, Linda G.; Ericksen, Lena – 1976
Relationships between patterns of family interaction and child development are investigated in this study on how family environment and quality of interaction relate to an adolescent's psychological and social functioning. A sample of 99 white middle-class families participated in a 2-hour structured interview in their homes. The interview…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Development, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
Peer reviewedFraser, Susan; Wakefield, Patricia – TESL Canada Journal, 1986
Part of a longitudinal study of the relationship of language and play in a preschool multilingual/multicultural setting indicated that not all children gain the same linguistic and social benefits from unstructured freeplay and that teachers may need to structure and individualize play according to children's social and linguistic development…
Descriptors: Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
