This study examines value-attribution found in encounter groups. Group members tend to refer to themselves in neutralizing negative valuations. Group leaders were negative in describing group members. Published group transcripts are more positive than unpublished, private transcripts. (MFD)

The study attempted to (1) develop measures of program effectiveness and (2) examine effects of program elements on student satisfaction. Data were collected through administration of the Vocational Education Evaluation in Virginia instrument. Findings indicate program effectiveness elements are positively correlated with student satisfaction. (CH)

The idea of participation in planning can be applied to formal report topics in business communication, report writing, and technical writing. A study found that students experience great satisfaction with brainstorming and nominal grouping. (JOW)

Study of 71 task-oriented groups revealed that perceived inequity was negatively related to amount of expressed satisfaction with the group and positively related to amount of perceived conflict within the group. Inequity was associated more strongly with conflict centered around people than with conflict centered around task; least associated…

Examined effectiveness of the Occupational Choice Strategy, vocational exploration and decision-making intervention, with clients in comprehensive rehabilitation facility. Statistically significant differences favored the experimental group on posttest measures of career decisiveness, although no differences were found on vocational identity or…

The social work retreat is defined, along with a discussion of a rationale for its use within the larger context of social work education, findings from two different retreats, specific activities that have been used, and recommendations for using the retreat in other programs. (Author/MH)

A review of literature about effects of encounter group training on state affect suggest that positive affect increases and negative affect decreases during training. Volunteer subjects were assigned randomly to encounter groups and were administered the Affect Rating Scale before, during, and subsequent to the groups. Results generally support…

Discusses the types of foster families needed by child welfare agencies and the use of marketing concepts to attract and keep these families as substitute caregivers for children. (HOD)

Discusses problems of purchase of social services. Reviews literature concerned with cost and quality, including a study of participant satisfaction and cost effectiveness of homemaker services in Utah. (JAC)

This study analyzed pre- and post-vacation data from 129 subjects relating to demographic, work-related, and vacation-related variables. Five vacation satisfaction variables were revealed. The findings are discussed in terms of similarity to quality of life research and in terms of practical implications. (Author/MT)

Reviewed the psychiatric and medical care of female veterans using 69 interviews at a veterans psychiatric facility. The data suggested that female veterans are satisfied with care in general but are less satisfied with certain gender-related components of care. Reviews the facility's responses to the findings and suggests changes. (JAC)

Evaluated the effectiveness of a training group for health care workers (N=5) engaged in learning interpersonal skills. Two research confederates observed and recorded group process. While participants reported a positive experience to the trainer, a negative experience was reported among group members, suggesting the possibility of subject bias.…

Interviewed 50 adolescent subjects according to one of five counseling techniques, individually or in a group. After five 30-minute sessions all subjects were given a questionnaire probing their reactions. Results showed the most favorable reactions occurred when using modeling techniques, peer groups, and discussion of low-intimacy themes. (BH)

Data from 304 family service center clients were analyzed to assess how the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) operated when used with different ethnic populations. Results indicated the CSQ-8 operated about the same, whether administered to Anglos or to persons of Hispanic origin, or in English or Spanish. (NQA)

A field study of residents' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with open-ward accomodations in a skilled-nursing facility revealed that 88 percent of the respondents preferred the open ward to any other type of room accomodation. Findings suggest that for residents with multiple functional disabilities, the open ward is a supportive environment.…