A Comparison of Three Treatment Group Formats for Facilitating Social Interaction

Abstract

The study provided descriptive data about the quantity and quality of interaction within three different group formats.The group formats included a parallel task group, a process-oriented verbal group, and .a process-oriented activity group. Structured group observations were conducted using the Bales Interaction Process Analysis method and sociogrammatic representation. The study was conducted on a 16 bed, acute care psychiatric treatment setting.The results substantiate the hypothesis that there is a significant difference in the quantity and quality of verbal communication between the three groups.

Effectiveness of Activity-Based Group Work in Community Mental Health: A Systematic Review

“…Some measures were formulated or adapted specifically for the study, and only a few were used in more than one study, for example, Goal Attainment Scaling (Eklund, 1999;Hayes, Halford, & Varghese, 1991;Schwartzberg, Howe, & McDermott, 1983) and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (Dobson, McDougall, Busheikin, & Aldous, 1995). Analysis of the outcome measures used highlights a need for sourcing and developing measures that are effective, valid, and reliable in describing and measuring occupational therapy outcomes in mental health (Craik et al, 1998;Department of Health [UK], 1999;Rebeiro, 1998) because the use of tools that lack reliability and validity has implications for the applicability of these studies' results.…”

Patients' Perception of Curative Factors in Occupational Therapy Groups

“…Narrower studies of outcomes have looked at changes within groups (DeCarlo & Mann, 1985;Nelson, Peterson, Smith, Boughton, & Whalen, 1988;Schwartzberg, Howe, & McDermott, 1982).…”

Development of the Experiences of Occupational Performance Questionnaire: Validity and Reliability in a Sample of Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders

“…The factor ''Capability to perform'' (CP) re ects the individual's experiences of his:her own capability to perform an occupation and may be compared with the concrete value according to Persson et al [10]. The individual acquires useful competence to perform occupations, stated as increasing skills by Schwartsberg et al [28] and developing new skills, described as a therapeutic factor by Eklund [11]. The factor ''Challenge'' (Ch) re ects feelings that the occupation may take much energy and be dif cult to perform.…”