Marathon Group Dynamics: II. Dimensions of Helpfulness: Therapeutic Aggression

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1147-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
George R. Bach
Keyword(s):  
Group Therapy ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Helpful Relationships

Participants in nine “Marathon” intensive interaction groups were asked to choose the “most helpful” and “least helpful” members and also provide Self and Other ratings of the quality of helping and non-helping intermember contact. A computer-aided word indexing of natural language protocols, descriptive of helpful relationships in therapeutic groups, served as an aid to obtaining five dimensions of maximal helpfulness and five for least helpfulness. Sociometric-like questionnaire items, representing these dimensions, were answered by 112 participants of Marathon subgroups. The responses support the idea that AGGRESSION-CONFRONTATION between participants in group therapy contributes as significantly as does Warmth-Acceptance to the therapeutic value of group interaction.

scholarly journals Five-Year follow up of Patients Treated with Inpatient Psychotherapy at the Cassel Hospital for Nervous Diseases

1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (9) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M Rosser ◽  
S Birch ◽  
H Bond ◽  
J Denford ◽  
J Schachter
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Waiting List ◽  
Inpatient Psychotherapy ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
End Of Treatment ◽  
Helpful Relationships

Twenty-eight patients who were admitted consecutively to a single-adult unit of the Cassel Hospital in 1977/8 were followed up 5 years after discharge. Those who were found to have improved at the end of treatment remained well 5 years later. These could be distinguished by their combination of neurotic psychopathology, considerable depression, superior intelligence, and lack of a chronic outpatient history. Patients who had improved 5 years after discharge did not show these characteristics, but had all spent at least 9 weeks on the waiting list and had the capacity to form close and helpful relationships. Patients who were judged to have improved were less dependent on the Health Service and their economic productivity was improved, often as a consequence of returning to education or training. Those who did not improve clinically continued to be admitted to hospital and tended to become less economically productive.

scholarly journals Service Users’ Challenges in Developing Helpful Relationships with Peer Support Workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
Esther Ogundipe ◽  
Marit Borg ◽  
Tommy Sjåfjell ◽  
Knut-Ivar Bjørlykhaug ◽  
Bengt Karlsson
Keyword(s):  
Peer Support ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Helpful Relationships
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