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Hindering Events in Interpersonal Relations Groups for Counselor Trainees
Author(s) -
Doxsee Deborah J.,
Kivlighan Dennis M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb01692.x
Subject(s) - disconnection , interpersonal communication , psychology , session (web analytics) , social psychology , psychological intervention , interpersonal relationship , computer science , political science , psychiatry , law , world wide web
A taxonomy of hindering events that have a negative impact on the group therapy process is identified in this analogue study, A total of 40 critical incident reports collected from various times across the lives of six different interpersonal relations groups were used for the study. Student group participants completed the critical incident reports after each session and described the most hindering event occurring in each group session: the reports were then sorted into categories by judges, and the sorted categories were combined on a proximity matrix for use in cluster analysis. Eight discrete categories of hindering events were identified: absence, discounted‐misunderstood, withheld self‐disclosure, member disconnection, member attack, leader actions‐interventions, unwanted activity, and late group.