This prospective study investigated the impact of group composition on the outcome of 2 forms of time-limited, short-term group therapy (interpretive, supportive) with 110 outpatients from 18 therapy groups, who presented with complicated grief. The composition variable was based on the patient's level of quality of object relations. The higher…

The program described is a Marriage Diagnostic Laboratory--a five-week series of weekly two-hour sessions for married couples concerned about their relationships, but not yet in counseling. Only preventive experiences were provided. The experiment is described in detail, and its effectiveness assessed. (Author)

Some of the specific learning and motivational variables involved in desensitization therapy were investigated. Two factors were considered: group interaction as a source of motivation and discrimination learning, and the effect of a progressive hierarchy of problem-related situations upon anxiety arousal. The design of the study involved a 2x2…

The sustained altruism of volunteers at a telephone crisis-counseling agency was examined. The rate of sustained altruism of normative volunteers in highly cohesive training groups was increased to a level comparable to that of autonomous volunteers, while the altruism of autonomous volunteers was not affected by the training group experience.…

Let's Play to Grow, a club for families with handicapped children, helps special children develop social and recreational skills. Special families meet monthly to learn how to enjoy and accept themselves. Parents develop relationships with other families with similiar problems. (DF)

The study investigated the relationship between group process training and group effectiveness. Statistical tests of the data revealed (1) significantly greater distribution of participation, (2) a significantly smaller percentage of self oriented contributions and a higher proportion of group oriented contributions and (3) significantly higher…

Improvisation and pantomime are used in a class "adventure" that sparks the imagination, promotes positive group interaction, generates fun, and can be a new approach to experimental teaching. (Author)

The revisionist educational historians have begun to question and reinterpret many of our previous conceptions of the efficacy of the public schools in bringing about an improvement in the status of ethnic and lower-class whites in America. (Author)

Courses leading to the understanding of the nature of Asian-American communities and the cultural dynamics of Asian-Americans in contrast to Asians in Asia are areas that need further development in order to provide students with the necessary understanding to be effective in their future roles as members of the helping professions. (Author)

There are certain dimensions that a group or group experience can be discriminated upon - in which you can make your own independent evaluations in regard to it being a plus or minus group. If you are in a field which utilizes and employs training groups then you owe it to yourself and to others to make these discriminations. (Author)

As a result of experienced group leaders' responses to and observations of interaction scenarios, three distinct and highly interpretable groups in terms of practices, purposes, and processes are discussed. (BY)

In the study reported here, feelings of alienation, as measured by Keniston's (1968) Alienation Scale, were generally found to decrease as a result of particularized group experience. (Author)

Questionnaires assessed attitudes of women living in an apartment building off campus, in regard to feelings of freedom and responsibility when they created their own them. Responses support contention that housing is an educational facility which through its environment may enhance intellectual activity. (Author/CJ)