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Changes in future time perception of day hospital psychiatric patients in response to small group treatment approaches
Author(s) -
Kandel Ann,
Langrod John,
Ruiz Pedro
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198110)37:4<769::aid-jclp2270370414>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - treatment and control groups , perception , psychology , affect (linguistics) , psychiatric hospital , time perception , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , cognition , communication , neuroscience
Attempted to assess the effects of small group approaches on future time perception of psychiatric patients in a da hospital. The research employed two patient groups within the day hospital A control group, ( N = 12) which received routine day hospital treatment, and an experimental group,( N = 12) which received, in addition, the small group treatment. Measures of future time perception were administered to both groups before and after a 12‐week treatment. Results indicated significant positive changes in response to group treatment on Future Events and the dimension of Importance. However, no positive significant differences were found on Time Extension, Directionality, and Quality of Affect. While it is not within the scope of this research to evaluate whether the, secured change can be maintained, it was clear that in immediate posttesting important changes had resulted from the treatment strategy.