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Peer reviewedEpps, Jerry D.; Sikes, Walter W. – Group and Organization Studies, 1977
The study discussed here attempts to shed further light on the influences that differences in characteristics of personal-growth group participants have on the quality of their experiences. (Author)
Descriptors: Group Experience, Group Membership, Group Therapy, Individual Development
Peer reviewedButler, Robert R. – Group and Organization Studies, 1977
The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was used to assess the impact of a semester-long encounter-group, personal-growth experience on students seeking degrees in counseling. Both the experimental and control groups showed gains in self-actualization. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Training, Group Experience, Individual Development
Download full textAxelberd, Frederick J. – 1970
The current importance of growth groups in fostering and enhancing individual development gave rise to the research effort described herein. Its purpose is to determine whether or not an individual's self concept will change after involvement in a single twelve hour growth group. Subjects were four heterogeneous groups comprised of 39 individuals…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Experience, Group Therapy, Individual Development
Peer reviewedRitter, Kathleen Y. – Group and Organization Studies, 1977
The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) is frequently used to measure changes that have occurred in participants as a result of an encounter- or growth-group experience. The pseudo-self-actualizing tendency of counseling students is explored, and rationale is presented as to why the POI should be used with other instruments. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Counselor Training, Group Counseling, Group Experience
May, Ronald J.; Tierney, Dennis E. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1976
Dormitory residents (N=16) participated in transactional analysis (TA) groups. Pre- and post-test results on the Omnibus Personality Inventory showed the experimental group having significantly decreased complexity scores (p greater than .01) and increased estheticism scores (p greater than .05) when compared with a control group. The use of TA…
Descriptors: College Students, Group Counseling, Group Experience, Higher Education
Kemp, C. Gratton – 1971
This book has three emphases: the exploration and clarification of (1) the foundation of the group in several disciplines and in the changing concepts of civilization, (2) the nature of various groups--theories, methods, problems, needed skills, and evaluation processes, and (3) leadership preparation and application of group process to the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Group Experience, Human Relations, Individual Development
DeEsch, Jesse B. – 1979
This article describes the use of a Group Log to evaluate the personal growth experienced and group skills learned in group counseling in which the counselor-in-training writes a Group Log for each group experience. The evaluation criteria of the log are presented in terms of therapeutic forces and group dynamics observed, self-awareness…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Diaries, Graduate Students, Group Counseling
