Interpersonal feedback is an important component of most group therapy approaches. This review identifies feedback as a multidimensional rather than a unidimensional construct. The literature is reviewed in terms of acceptance of feedback, effects of receiving feedback, willingness to deliver feedback, and therapeutic effects of delivering…

Results of a follow-up of inmates assigned to a group therapy or a control condition failed to find any significant differences in institutional behavior. There were nonsignificant trends for better adjusted follow-up subjects to have been from the control group, to have had fewer psychotherapy contacts, and to have had poorer institutional…

Immigration produces major social changes in individual lives. A model of small-group work, designed to help immigrants adjust to life in a new culture, is presented. (Author)

The suicide of a competent and popular teacher required rapid but careful response by administrators at a midwestern high school. This article explains how faculty members and students were informed and how crisis specialists were brought in to help respond to strong student reactions. (PGD)

Reviews the available research that does not find development in group processes. Concluded that researchers should no longer try to answer the question of whether groups change but should identify significant differences and similarities in group development among various groups and types of groups. (LLL)

Discusses the importance of presenting a set of basic skills to beginning group leaders. Six basic skills are discussed: cutting off, drawing out, holding the focus, shifting the focus, use of eyes, and tying things together. (Author/JAC)

The development of a group counseling program to give 175 gifted junior and senior high school students in Bellevue, Nebraska, a better understanding of themselves and others and a familiarity with career options, is described. (MC)

The author explains the use of drama and mime in counseling in the elementary school. (HMV)

This article summarizes research on systematic desensitization applied in group settings. Guidelines for use of group desensitization by college counselors are developed, and relevant sources regarding procedural variations cited. The need for research on group desensitization parameters is discussed. (Author)

This brief report describes a two-credit hour course which uses McHolland's Human Potential Seminar to help adults overcome their anxieties about returning to college. (Author/CJ)

The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of four approaches to drug abuse prevention among college students. This study did not identify any particular approach as being more successful than any other approach with regard to knowledge gained, attitudes changed, or the use of drugs. (Author)

Behavior modification has become a widely known practice in rehabilitation during the past decade. A medium of exchange or token is typically used to facilitate transactions and can be traded for backup reinforcers later on. This review of the use of token economies focuses on groups of individuals usually considered target rehabilitation…

This article proposes a model for the experimental process involved in counseling groups composed of counselor trainees. The group setting provides members the opportunity to learn and practice facilitative behavior while achieving increased self-understanding and self-congruence. (Author)

Reactions to the models of Zifferblatt, Blocher and Wolleat, and Carkhuff and the description of a related model applied to training group counselors. (JC)

Results indicated that only significant reductions on test anxiety were obtained for groups given desensitization, but for groups given combinations of desensitization and counseling, improvement occurred in both test anxiety and study skills. (Author)