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The effects of cognitive pretraining on cohesion and self‐disclosure in small groups: An analog study
Author(s) -
Santarsiero Leonard J.,
Baker Richard C.,
McGee Thomas F.
Publication year - 1995
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(199505)51:3<403::aid-jclp2270510314>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , self disclosure , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry
This study examined the effects of written, cognitive pretraining on the development of cohesion and self‐disclosure in interpersonal learning groups. Subjects in the experimental condition received a written introduction to the group experience, and subjects in the control condition received written information on the history of group psychotherapy. Results demonstrated that the experimental groups had a higher level of group cohesion than the control groups, p < 0.0001, but were not different on self‐disclosure. The correlation between cohesion and self‐disclosure was not statistically significant. The results were discussed as an extension of the empirical support for cognitive pretraining.