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The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

Sheldon K. Edelman, +1 more
- 01 Apr 1971 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 2, pp 175
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This article is published in The Family Coordinator.The article was published on 1971-04-01. It has received 3765 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Group psychotherapy.

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Stages of small-group development revisited.

TL;DR: This paper examined published research on small-group development done in the last ten years that would constitute an empirical test of Tuckman's (1965) hypothesis that groups go through the stages of "forming," "storming," "norming," and "performing".
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Interpersonal forgiving in close relationships

TL;DR: Evidence is found consistent with the hypotheses that the relationship between receiving an apology from and forgiving one's offender is a function of increased empathy for the offender and that forgiving is uniquely related to conciliatory behavior and avoidance behavior toward the offending partner.
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Group support for patients with metastatic cancer. A randomized outcome study.

TL;DR: Objective evidence is provided that a supportive group intervention for patients with metastatic cancer results in psychological benefit and mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of this group intervention are explored.
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The omnipotence of voices. A cognitive approach to auditory hallucinations.

TL;DR: It is shown that highly disparate relationships with voices-fear, reassurance, engagement and resistance-reflect vital differences in beliefs about the voices, and how these core beliefs about voices may become a new target for treatment.
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Who talks? The social psychology of illness support groups.

TL;DR: Support seeking was highest for diseases viewed as stigmatizing and was lowest for less embarrassing but equally devastating disorders, such as heart disease, and implications for social comparison theory and its applications in health care are discussed.
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The effect of severity of initiation on liking for a group.

TL;DR: In this article, an experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that persons who undergo an unpleasant initiation to become members of a group increase their liking for the group; that is, they find the group more attractive than do persons who become members without going through a severe initiation.