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Role of the Leader in Therapy Groups Conducted With Illicit Drug Abusers: How Directive Does the Leader Have to Be?
Author(s) -
Page Richard C.,
Campbell Linda,
Wilder Deborah Cohen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of addictions and offender counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2161-1874
pISSN - 1055-3835
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1874.1994.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - directive , substance abuse , psychology , group psychotherapy , substance abuse treatment , therapeutic community , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , social psychology , computer science , programming language
A 17‐hour marathon group was conducted in a residential treatment center established for inmates in a correctional setting in the southeastern United States. The Hill Interaction Matrix (HIM‐G; Hill, 1965) was used to measure the types of leader activity and the types of member activity during portions of each hour of the group activity. It was found that when the group was most therapeutic, there was a relationship between the therapists' actions and behaviors and the types of issues that were discussed in the group. The results that were found do not agree with some of the established drug and alcohol abuse literature.