Group Climate, Cohesion, Alliance, and Empathy in Group Psychotherapy: Multilevel Structural Equation Models.

Abstract

This study examined the definitional and statistical overlap among 4 key group therapeutic relationship constructs-group climate, cohesion, alliance, and empathy-across member-member, member-group, and member-leader relationships. Three multilevel structural equation models were tested using selfreport measures completed by 662 participants from 111 counseling center and personal growth groups. As hypothesized, almost all measures of therapeutic relationship were significantly correlated. Hypothesized 1-factor, 2-factor (Working and Bonding factors), and 3-factor (Member, Leader, and Group factors) models did not fit the data adequately. An exploratory model with Bonding, Working, and Negative factors provided the best fit to the data. Group members distinguished among relationships primarily according to relationship quality rather than the status or role of others (i.e., leader, member, or whole group).

Analysis of the Process in Brief Psychotherapy Group: The Role of Therapeutic Factors

“…The international literature presented several factorial studies on the variables of the process group that highlighted the presence of a small set of global dimensions (Johnson, 2005;Kivlinghan, Multon, & Brossart, 1996;Sexton, 1993). In line with this hypothesis, we have identified two components underlying the 11 therapeutic factors theorized by Yalom (1975), as "Interdependence" and "Group as Object-Self".…”

“…A preliminary examination of the factorial structure of the questionnaire version for patients was conducted. In line with previous studies focused on the factorial variables of the group process (Johnson, 2005;Kivlinghan, Multon, & Brossart, 1996;Sexton, 1993), we hypothesized that the questionnaire structure reflects a smaller number of global dimensions in the group process, rather than the 11 factors theorized by Yalom (1995 Yalom (1974), Giorgi, Sguazzin, Simon and Tesio (2006), MacKenzie (1981), Gaston and Marmar (1994), and Lese and MacNair-Semands (2000), we developed the FAT.A.S.-G. Questionnaire.…”

Συμβουλευτική Υποστήριξη Παιδιών Με Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες Και Των Οικογενειών Τους

“…Για το λόγο αυτό, προτείνεται από τον Stiles και τους συνεργάτες του (2006) η εφαρμογή υπηρεσιών συμβουλευτικής ως αναγκαία, ενώ οι Holmes και Kivlighan (2000) αναφέρουν ότι η δημιουργία διαπροσωπικών σχέσεων προβάλλεται περισσότερο στην ομαδική θεραπεία, ενώ η αναγνώριση και κατανόηση της ταυτότητας του εαυτού στην ατομική συμβουλευτική. Σαφώς, και στις δύο περιπτώσεις κρίνεται ιδιαίτερα σημαντική η σχέση συμβούλου-πελάτη (Johnson, Burlingame, Olsen, Davies, & Gleave, 2005), ενώ σύμφωνα με πρόσφατη έρευνα των Danino & Shechtman (2012), βρέθηκε ότι η ομαδική συμβουλευτική διαδικασία με γονείς παιδιών με μαθησιακές δυσκολίες μειώνει τα επίπεδα στρες σε μεγαλύτερο βαθμό σε σύγκριση με την ομάδα της ατομικής συμβουλευτικής.…”

Coming Together to Calm the Hunger: Group Therapy Program for Adults Diagnosed With Anorexia Nervosa

“…Another area that facilitators would be wise to pay attention to is the therapeutic factors that support change within a group therapy program, discussed in the next section of this chapter. highlighted unique group therapeutic factors that they believed contributed to effective group treatment, which several authors have supported as being valid (Bernard et al, 2008;Burlingame et al, 2003;Holmes & Kivlighan, 2000;Johnson, Burlingame, Olsen, Davies, & Gleave, 2005). It is important to address these factors in this project because, as Yalom indicated, "there are considerable advantages in approaching the complex through the simple, the total phenomenon through its basic component processes" (p. 1).…”

“…Client improvement has been directly related to intrapersonal cohesion interventions that focus on members' sense of belonging, acceptance, commitment, and allegiance to their group (Bernard et al, 2008;Johnson et al, 2005). For example, in an AN group, members may feel the are understood beyond their disorder, which may have been their experience with significant others in their lives.…”