In agencies connected with the "War on Poverty" programs, middle class professional people are working with an indigenous staff. Special problems have arisen in the staff relations of such agencies and therapeutic group encounter experiences have not been effective in remedying the situation. The factors which appear to differentiate this…

This book represents a sharing on the part of several counselors working in elementary schools in Pinellas County, Florida. It describes some of the favorite group activities as selected by counselors. Most of the activities can be used with class-size groups; several are designed for smaller groups of children. These suggestions, however, are in…

This paper discusses the effects on college students of a weekly personal growth group and a marathon growth group, both of which are forms of experiential learning focusing on expanded awareness of self and environment, authenticity, and more effective interpersonal communication. The experiential-Gestalt growth group is a relatively unstructured…

The purpose of this study is to summarize and analyze the reported experimental research on group counseling in higher education between 1955 and 1967. The research is summarized and analyzed in terms of the problems, hypotheses, samples, treatments, measurements, analyses, and results. Thirty-one studies are evaluated. The findings suggest that,…

Examined friendship formation as developing a common understanding of social reality. Individuals engaged in weekly discussions completed repertory grids and attraction ratings after the 4th and 18th weeks of acquaintance. Deteriorating partnerships were significantly less similar in their assessment of other group members than were developing…

Introduces special issue on the developmental requirements of children and adolescents in relation to the care they receive while they are in non-familial, group living situations. Provides a brief overview of the issue's contents, and advocates a strong role for the central caregiver in group settings. (KH)

Examined preferences for physical design characteristics of group living facilities of 229 congregate apartment residents, 205 older community residents, and 44 experts. Found that older groups of subjects had similar physical design preferences, whereas experts preferred more physical features than did older adults. (Author/NB)

A pretest/posttest control group design was employed to assess the efficacy of a social learning procedure in developing socially adaptive attitudes and behaviors in a group of incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. The experimental manipulation consisted of a series of structured group exercises. (Author/CH)

Research investigating the response of primary school children to active group work showed that the children benefitted from approaching tasks as a group rather than as individuals. In addition, prior friendship within the group was found to positively influence group performance. (RM)

Described the rationale, required elements, and pitfalls for a Faculty Fellows program based in a residence hall. (Author)

Extends earlier conceptualization of the self-attitudes/delinquency causal process (viz, that deviant responses are motivated by earlier development of self-rejecting attitudes in the course of normative group experiences and function to assuage those attitudes) to incorporate situations in which social devaluations likely to diminish self-esteem…

Tested the impact of gestalt group therapy on aspects of self-concept in graduate students (N=33). Results showed a significant rise in decisiveness, general adaptation and self-criticism in the gestalt group as compared to the control groups and showed no significant changes in the self-identification and self-acceptance parameters. (LLL)

Offers a rationale for coursework in family communication as a logical outgrowth of the current interest in basic speech communication functions. (MH)

This workbook takes the theories and research from many disciplines and experts and combines them into short, easy-to-assimilate units that facilitate group participation at the high school and college level. Group skills are presented as 26 distinctive lessons. Each lesson begins with an explanation page, then an activity page gives the group an…