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M Lakin

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PubMed1991

Some ethical issues in feminist-oriented therapeutic groups for women.

Review of the origins of group psychotherapy reveals concerns with social as well as with personal "psychopathology." Thus, group processes have been mobilized for curative or change purposes for ideological as well as individual therapeutic goals. Psychopolitical as well as personal change are the goals for some groups. The ethical problem stems from a persistent assumption that the group's processes are inherently benign and curative and beneficial to individual participants. A more sophisticated understanding takes into account their essential neutrality and their potential use (or abuse) for purposes of ideological persuasion that may or may not be personally therapeutic. As in other ethically implicated issues in the psychotherapies, the question becomes one of treatment versus exploitation, or therapy for the individual versus recruitment on behalf of a cause.

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PubMed1981

Content analysis of helping group interactions: toward a developmental perspective.

Age comparative content analyses were carried out for eleven support-discussion groups. Comparisons of six groups of elderly persons and five groups of college youth revealed that the older more frequently discuss bodily changes, family relations, significant others and external sources of self respect. The young were more concerned with physical vulnerabilities. The elderly were more likely to discuss matters in terms of the past. The results are considered in the light of a life stage developmental conception of group behavior which could have implications for helping interventions.

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Group processes in helping groups: toward a developmental perspective.

Ten interaction dimensions of group behavior and three emotional atmosphere categories were coded and analyzed on the basis of interactions among old and young participants in experimental "support-discussion" groups. The seven groups of elderly and five groups of young differed significantly with respect to frequencies of Boundary, Self-disclosure, and Support behaviors. In addition, the young were rated as showing signs of boredom more frequently. The implications of these results for development and age-linked assumptions about helping group interactions and interventions were explored. The results suggest that this approach is promising in generating knowledge that could facilitate age-appropriate group intervention strategies.

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