Examined relationship between divorce and group commitment. The findings indicate that Jews who have a greater group commitment on a variety of variables are consistently less likely ever to have been divorced. Although the religious basis for group commitment has the largest impact, the ethnic component is also influential, even among those low…

Proposes a five-stage processing model, the Contextual Organization Model for Processing and Evaluation (COMPE), based on an analysis of stage theories in group development. The five potentially universal stages have been shown to have an analogous relationship to the stages of theories in many fields of psychology. (JAC)

Students (N=40) with different sources and experiences of test anxiety were helped in a common group desensitization program. (Author)

This article describes an occupational therapy project using poetry as a task groupd activity in a psychiatric setting. (Author/UA)

Essay probes the transformations of aggression into leadership. (Author)

The present study examined the effects of a weekend marathon group experience on values of self-actualization and on the interpersonal dimnension of personality. Both experimental and control subjects showed significanly positive changes on posttest and follow-up scores. It was premature to believe that the positive effects of a marathon group…

Children come to terms with real life through acting out contrasting reactions to situations. One must be careful, however, to chose plays appropriate to the age of the actor. (AF)

Creative dramatics helps increase and release children's creative potential. This article stresses selection of qualitative materials. (WY)

Suggests that facilitating effective collaboration among students requires more than urging students to work together well. This article further suggests that professors should carefully consider their method of forming groups and their process of training students to work effectively within groups. (SWM)

The present study describes 107 incidents of bullying recorded by staff on "Bullying Incident Reports" (BIRs) at a male Young Offender Institution. The results are discussed with reference to how useful official records of bullying are as a method of measuring the nature and extent of bullying. (Contains 26 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

The article describes a 14-week program (one hour per week) of the Punxsutawney (Pennsylvania) schools in which 29 gifted high school students learned and practiced fundamentals of small group dynamics to enhance their leadership abilities. (DB)

Used guided autobiography to foster reconstruction of past life experiences among 12 older adults in Barcelona, Spain. Found a significant and gradual change in the construing system of those participants in autobiographical group as compared to control group of 10 older adults. Distance of elements self-ideal/self and self-ideal/others…

Traces types of expeditions in the history of civilization. Describes the following phases in the current expedition experience: (1) conceptualization/dream phase; (2) the preparation phase; (3) the action/reality phase; and (4) the reporting/reflective/processing phase. An expedition should be self-contained, have an element of challenge, and…

Explored how athletics meets the challenges associated with creating a community out of difference and how its processes can serve as a model for higher education. Interviews revealed traits that facilitate community-building: team members share a common goal; engage in intense, frequent interaction; share adversity; have a common enemy; and…

The various modes in which individuals relate to the collectivity of a group have been fruitfully explored in research on group dynamics. The present paper applies a phenomenological interview approach to understand how this dynamic relationship plays out among design students in a collaborative design situation. Through deep-interviews with the…