Given high rates of sexual violence on college campuses, prior research has identified bystander training as a promising prevention strategy. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has called upon athletic departments and student-athletes to be campus leaders in sexual violence prevention. There is a lack of research on optimal ways…

Digital intercultural training tools play an important role in helping people to mediate cultural misunderstandings. In recent years, these tools were made to teach about specific cultures, but there has been little attention for the design of a tool to teach about differences across a wide range of cultures. In this work, we take the first steps…

The worldwide rise in obesity makes this the first non-infectious epidemic in human history. The rapid increase is, in fact, influenced more by environment than biology. In an effort to halt the trend, Quebec has launched a major awareness-raising campaign that focuses on healthy environments and targets stakeholders in schools, municipalities,…

The results of this study show that laboratory training facilitates constructive process change in the anxiety expression of individuals who are receiving individual personal counseling for anxiety reduction. (Author)

The author considers T-groups akin to thought reform or brainwashing and describes them as dealing with an assault upon the individual's self-concept, isolation of individuals, and compulsory confessional behavior. (Author/JB)

A large industrial concern used sensitivity training for managers to try to increase diagnostic skills - awareness of his personal assumptions and habit patterns and the consequences of these on the effectiveness of his behavior. (EB)

Persons changing the most (in a positive direction) as the result of sensitivity training had the following characteristics: responsibility, achievement and original thinking. The following main traits hinder positive behavior change: nurturance, succorance and, to a lesser degree, autonomy and cautiousness. (SE)

This article describes a group approach to helping the nonassertive client. After describing the group composition and goals, he presents a session by session description for conducting the assertive training group. In addition, he presents suggestions based on experiences in leading the group. (Author)

SELF-DESCRIPTIVE ESSAYS WRITTEN BY BUSINESS-SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SUCCESSFUL (N=13) WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE WRITTEN BY STUDENTS UNSUCCESSFUL (N=11) IN ATTAINING PERSONAL CHANGE GOALS DURING SEMESTER-LONG, SELF-ANALYTIC GROUPS. A NEW METHOD FOR SELF-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR CHANGE WAS USED. CONTENT ANALYSIS COMPARISONS OF THE GROUPS…

The potential for affective learning by college students was measured through a T-group experience that combined a T-group method with a course in family relationships. Investigated were changes in verbal behavior, the experimental group's influence as models, personality and grade point changes as well as the sociometric influence of T-group…

The results of the study indicate that sensitivity training does produce positive behavioral changes. (Author)

The author states his opinion that much of what passes for business training, especially programs referred to as management development, is virtually worthless. He attributes this to training managers' shallow understanding of the potential of training, and lack of sincere attempts to utilize training effectively. (MF)

Yalom's Q-sort questionnaire was administered to 13 groups and then item analized. Factor analysis identified seven major "curative" factors. Analysis of variance and correlation techniques showed that part of the variation in curative factor perception is related to characteristics of groups and/or their participants. (SE)

This case study is presented as a model for a sensitivity training program planned at Michigan State University. The goals, procedures, and criteria for conducting a program are illustrated. Based on the assumption that empathy is the mainspring of impression formation, and that empathy and evaluation interact, the goal is accurate evaluation.…