Examines patterns of oral communication in encounter groups and identifies three stages of group life: boundary-seeking, ambivalence and actualization. (MH)

A content analysis system was developed to examine the frequency of themes for 359 secrets obtained through an encounter group exercise. Sex-related secrets occurred most often, followed by failure-related secrets. Secrets relating to sex, mental health, and violence or destruction were perceived as the most risky statements. (Author)

A description of an assessment technique to gauge the value that participants of a racial encounter group assigned to skin color before and after the intensive experience. (EH)

A variety of traditional and nontraditional selection indices were used to predict the outcome of a graduate-level course in counseling which was specifically designed to improve the students' human relations skills. The need for a new and more efficient predictive model for graduate-level counselor training is discussed. (Author)

This article describes a group that was formed by young male residents in an extended-care facility in order to help them meet their nonmedical needs. (Author/HMV)

Thirty graduate students were used to test the hypothesis that group members functioning at the highest levels in interpersonal relationship skills would fill leadership roles. This hypothesis was confirmed. It was also demonstrated that Carkhuff's Systematic Human Relations Training can be an effective vehicle for such leadership training.…

Based on an address at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (75th, Washington, D.C., September 1967). Research supported by U.S. Public Health Service Contract MH-08563-03.

In order to investigate the effectiveness of human relations training for proctors, students of a mastery based educational psychology class were randomly assigned to be tutored by either a proctor who had received training in human relations skills or a proctor who had not. Results indicated that those tutored by the trained proctors showed…

A statement of problems in the field of organizational development, this report reviews aspects of change practice along with major theoretical implications, and formulates a series of researchable questions. It also covers the potential relevance of certain parts of clinical practice and learning theory, including some elements of sensitivity…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not sensitivity training increased perceptivity in recognizing the emotional meaning of others, and thus, increase accuracy in responding to an audio tape (Davitz Tape) on which nine different emotions are expressed within the content of an emotionally neutral or content free sentence. Two…

This study evaluated and measured the effectiveness and enduring effects of two training groups with respect to transmitting knowledge and affecting change. Control subjects and experimental subjects were used. Data was obtained from the Sixteen Factor Personality Questionnaire, the Gough-Sanford Rigidity Scale, and the IPAT 8 Parallel Form…

The struggle for self discovery is the major task of adolescent development. That struggle can be magnified by certain psychosocial forces which retard such ego identity development. American Indians share a centuries old, psychohistorical experience of massive disenfranchisement, powerlessness, and enforced dependency. Its symptomatic legacy is…

The purpose of this study was to determine if the providing of a basic encounter group experience to supervisors has any effects on the supervisees of these supervisors as compared to the supervisees of supervisors who did not have this experience. Twelve advanced graduate students served as the supervisor-trainee subjects. Each supervisor trainee…

This report describes a model for human relations training designed by the University of Minnesota College of Education and delivered through the Division of Continuing Education and Extension during the 1974-75 and 1975-76 academic years. (MM)