The use of Adlerian group counseling, supplemented with homework in the form of contracts, is a viable approach for ameliorating long term and immediate social and personal adjustment of elementary school children. This study demonstrates children within a group possess resources which they can use to modify their behavior. (Author)

Evaluates the post-discharge recidivism rates of an eclectic sex offender treatment program. Study of 120 program completers and 100 noncompleters indicates significant differences in recidivism for the two groups. Results suggest that comprehensive treatment of sexual offenders can substantially reduce sexual as well as nonsexual offense…

Provides examples of group research conducted in applied settings which encourage collaborative research efforts between practitioners and researchers. Addresses group counseling in school settings, focuses on community mental health, reviews findings about groups in university and college counseling centers, and addresses difficulties in…

Compared the therapeutic factors in counseling groups and psychoeducational groups in the school setting. Results, based on information supplied by 148 eighth-grade students in Israel, indicate no differences in either the number of therapeutic factors attributed to each group process, or the value of these factors for both intervention groups.…

Discusses the psychological states associated with enhanced immune system functioning and those associated with suppressed immune functioning. Reviews studies of psychological and behavioral interventions to boost the immune systems of people who are HIV positive. Suggests that group interventions can enhance psychological states associated with…

Reviews "Association for Specialists in Group Work" training standards and describes suggestions for group work training to meet these standards, including in-class activities, internship experiences, and continuing education. (KW)

Reviews recent research on group counselor training models that emphasize either acquisition of specific intervention skills or understanding of group processes. (Author)

Administered pre- and postmeasures to 12 participants in 8-session group intervention program designed to teach coping skills to recently separated and divorced adults and to 12 waiting-list controls. Results indicated that intervention promoted reduced depression and anxiety, greater ability to live in present, greater independence, more…

Analyzed follow-up data for drug abuse treatment study of residential drug treatment program clients (N=89) enrolled in control group or behavior skills training group. Found training group had higher skills than control group 12 months after training. Found, with exceptions of marijuana and amphetamine use, that skill training did not affect…

Used Hill Interaction Matrix to measure content and quality of interactions in 12-hour therapy group of 12 male drug addicts and 3 therapists. Categories of therapeutic work included conventional, assertive, speculative, and confrontive; categories of content included topic, group, personal, and relationship. Group was highly confrontive; most…

Presents a two-tiered developmental guidance classroom unit on parental divorce which acquaints children with the idea of divorce as a family change. Focuses on the needs of the children coping with parental divorce. Discusses results which appear to have a positive effect on child's depression, attitudes and belief about parental divorce and…

Discusses the unique needs of adult students entering or reentering a college or university setting and the issues related to developing a support group for meeting these needs. Describes Enriching the Adult Student Environment (EASE), a comprehensive counseling group designed to meet the needs of adult students. (Author/NB)

Contends social workers can help elderly people, especially those over age 85, to deal with the struggle for integration and avoidance of despair by using autobiographical writing in group settings. Describes process of client selection, group process of writing, and outcomes. (ABL)

Investigated effects of group counseling program for self-referred men on their self-esteem and abusive behavior toward female partners. Used experimental and control group design which included pre- and post-tests. Results suggest that group counseling did significantly enhance self-esteem in experimental group. (Author/NB)

Describes the theory and practice of group work with a central focus on what group leaders can expect in the process of leading a grieving-and-loss group. Authors describe their group work with clients experiencing grief and review several theories of grief relating to loss. (Author)