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Peer reviewedEtringer, Bruce; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Investigated the influence of group cohesiveness on two multicomponent behavioral treatments of smoking. Subjects (N=72) were randomly assigned to treatment. Enriched cohesiveness subjects not only scored higher on several indexes of cohesion but tended to be more successful over a short term in modifying their smoking behavior. (BH)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Modification, Group Dynamics, Group Unity
Peer reviewedJacobs, Marion; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973
Undergraduates in six programmed T-groups received feedback that was either behavioral, emotional, or combined behavioral-emotional. Negative behavioral feedback was more credible than negative emotional feedback. Participants in group psychotherapy and encounter groups who give each other behavioral feedback can enhance the credibility of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Credibility, Feedback, Group Therapy
Peer reviewedKirshner, Barry J.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Heterosexually balanced groups were exposed to encounter-group tapes instructing them to share initmate experiences. Examples of high self-disclosure and openness were presented. Exercises differed only in instructions and accompanying behavioral examples. Results indicated that higher levels of disclosure produced greater group cohesiveness on…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Disclosure
Peer reviewedLevinson, Boris M.; Martindale, Colin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Martindale's assumption that Jews, Catholics, and Protestants are each homogeneous populations is criticized. His assumption that similar psychometric patterns found in brain-damaged and non-brain-damaged populations reflect similar brain organization is disputed. Martindale replies to this criticism. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Group Unity, Intelligence Tests, Jews
Peer reviewedGerber, Gwendolyn L. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1973
A family doll placement technique was used in this study to investigate psychological distance within families with a disturbed and a nondisturbed boy. (Author)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Distance, Emotional Disturbances, Family Relationship
Peer reviewedHoberman, Harry M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1988
Identified patient characteristics predictive of individual outcome in psychoeducational group treatment for unipolar depression, a coping with depression course. After treatment, 85 percent of the subjects no longer met diagnostic criteria for depressive disorders. Found the most robust predictors of outcome to be pretreatment depression level,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Depression (Psychology), Group Instruction
Peer reviewedShadish, William R., Jr. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
A comparison of nonverbal with verbal clinical group interventions suggested that some traditional self-report devices show less differentiation between these two interventions than do measures of group cohesion. A strong, replicable manipulation tested these findings, which were consistent with previous research. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Group Therapy, Group Unity
