Earlier reviews have asserted the superiority of structure versus ambiguity in the practice of group therapy. This review specifies the dimensions that lead to this asserted superiority and examines method and timing of presentation and content of pregroup training. A model is proposed that links content and timing with issues in group…

Used an ecological-system perspective to consider socially isolated children in three contexts: as individuals, as partners in dyadic intervention, and as members of a social group or hierarchy. Implications for interventions that may facilitate isolated children's access to peer interaction in both dyadic and group contexts are suggested.…

The URTSA emcompasses group-dynamic as well as other relations training. The first two steps of relations training--"external and internal courses"--do not produce observable effects at group and organizational levels, but are necessary preliminaries. Group dynamics can be a force for positive change in the Swedish job world. (Author)