Openness to Group Interaction between Clients in Acute Care Psychiatric Units

Abstract

The aim of this exploratory study was to determine the relationships between elements of group Interaction in an acute psychiatric setting. The subjects were 204 adults with a major mental Illness who attended alower-level psychotherapy group. A questionnaire containing seven therapeutic eiements was adminIstered to the subjects at the end of one of the group sessions. Only one fac:tor emerged, labelled 'Openness to group interaction', which explained 59.3% of the. variance. Apart from the unknown percent· age of error variance, the remaining 40.7% of the variance indicated that the seven elements were unique, separate processes to some extent. They shOUld, therefore, be considered individually when monitoring changes In group interactive processes of acute psychiatric clients.

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