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Effectiveness of a School-Based Group Psychotherapy Program for War-Exposed Adolescents: A Randomized Control Trial
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Layne, Christopher M.; Saltzman, William R.; Poppleton, Landon; Burlingame, Gary M.; Pasalic, Alma; Durakovic, Elvira; Music, Mirjana; Campara, Nihada; Dapo, Nermin; Arslanagic, Berina; Steinberg, Alan M.; Pynoos, Robert S. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2008
The study assesses the comparative efficacy of a classroom-based psycho-education and skills intervention and a school-based trauma- and grief-focused group treatment of a three-tiered mental health program for adolescents exposed to severe war-trauma, traumatic bereavement, and postwar adversity. The two-tier approach, combined with…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Adolescents, Psychotherapy
Development and Use of the Directives Rating System in Group Therapy.
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Stinchfield, Randy D.; Burlingame, Gary M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1991
Applied the Directives Rating System (DRS), which classifies directives, to transcripts of four expert group therapists. DRS yielded satisfactory estimates of interrater agreement and validity. Findings showed that DRS ratings were related to therapists' theoretical orientation and that therapists tended to use imperatives and requestives when…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Group Therapy
Group Psychotherapy Efficacy: A Meta-Analytic Perspective.
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Burlingame, Gary M.; And Others – 1995
Analyses of the efficacy of group psychotherapy indicate that group therapy demonstrates, in a majority of reviews, significant improvement over inert comparison groups and proves comparable or superior to other active treatment conditions. Because group therapy is a viable cost-efficient treatment option being used with increasing regularity…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Effectiveness, Effect Size, Group Counseling
Group Climate, Cohesion, Alliance, and Empathy in Group Psychotherapy: Multilevel Structural Equation Models
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Johnson, Jennifer E.; Burlingame, Gary M.; Olsen, Joseph A.; Davies, D. Robert; Gleave, Robert L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2005
This study examined the definitional and statistical overlap among 4 key group therapeutic relationship constructs--group climate, cohesion, alliance, and empathy--across member-member, member-group, and member-leader relationships. Three multilevel structural equation models were tested using self-report measures completed by 662 participants…
Descriptors: Psychotherapy, Structural Equation Models, Empathy, Measurement Techniques
Time-Limited Group Therapy.
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Burlingame, Gary M.; Fuhriman, Addie – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
Presents a comparative review of conceptually planned short-term group treatment models. Compares structure (selection, composition, pregroup orientation), time (duration, session frequency and length, group development), and therapeutic characteristics (focal themes, interventions, therapeutic factors). Suggests implications for the clinician and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Group Dynamics
Consistency of Matter: A Comparative Analysis of Individual and Group Process Variables.
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Fuhriman, Addie; Burlingame, Gary M. – Counseling Psychologist, 1990
Presents a comparative analysis of individual and group psychotherapy process research. Identifies commonalities between these two treatment formats across the therapeutic dimensions of relationship, interventions, and factors. Explores the distinctive characteristics of group treatment and suggests conceptual implications for the practice and…
Descriptors: Altruism, Catharsis, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis