| Description |
xvi, 589 pages: 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Susan A. Wheelan -- 1. The history of group research / Donelson R. Forsyth and Jeni L. Burnette -- 2. Contemporary issues in group research : the need for integrative theory / Jennifer L. Berdahl and Kelly Bouas Henry -- 3. The history of group practice : a century of knowledge / Sally H. Barlow, Gary M. Burlingame and Addie J. Fuhriman -- 4. Contemporary issues in group practice / Janice L. DeLucia-Waack and Cynthia R. Kalodner -- 5. The psychoanalytic perspective / Marvin H. Geller -- 6. The functional perspective / Jonathon N. Cummings and Deborah G. Ancona -- 7. The developmental perspective / Susan A. Wheelan -- 8. The social identity perspective / Michael A. Hogg -- 9. The communication perspective on group life / Lawrence R. Frey / Sunwolf -- 10. The sytems perspective / Yvonne Agazarian and Susan Gantt -- 11. Choas, complexity, and catastrophe : the nonlinear dynamics perspective / Holly Arrow -- 12. Design and analysis of experimental research on groups / Rick H. Hoyle -- 13. Field studies : a focus on group research / Maria T. Riva and Maximillian Wachtel -- 14. Nonlinear methods for the social sciences / Stephen J. Guastello -- 15. Social life in Silico : the science of artificial societies / Damon M. Centola and Michael W. Macy -- 16. Group dynamics and effectiveness : five years of applied research / Tjai M. Nielsen, Eric D. Sundstrom and Terry R. Halfhill -- 17. Conflict within and between groups / R. Scott Tindale, Amanda Dykema-Engblade and Erin Wittkowski -- 18. Group identity and self-definition / Dominic Abrams, Daniel Frings and Georgina Randsley de Moura -- 19. Groups and individual change / Randy H. Magen and Eugene Mangiardi -- 20. Virtual teams / Marshall Scott Poole and Huiyan Zhang -- 21. Group psychotherapy / Gary M. Burlingame, Suad Kapetanovic and Steven Ross -- 22. Promoting effective team performance through training / Dana E. Sims, Eduardo Salas and C. Shawn Burke -- 23. Team consultation / Felice Tilin and Joanne Broder Sumerson -- 24. Learning groups / David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson -- 25. Mediating intragroup and intergroup conflict / Tricia S. Jones -- 26. Facilitating groupcommunication / Sunwolf / Lawrence R. Frey -- 27. Psychoeducational groups / Nina W. Brown -- 28. Skills training groups / Miguel A. Quinones and Kelly de Chermont -- 29. Integrating group research and practice / George Anderson and Susan A. Wheelan |
| Summary |
"The Handbook of Group Research and Practice emphasizes the connections among basic research and theory, applied research, and group practice to demonstrate how theory and research translate into methods for working with groups. It is an excellent resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the fields of psychotherapy, psychology, sociology, management, communications, social work, education, and science and technology."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social groups -- Research.
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Social groups -- Research -- Methodology.
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Intergroup relations.
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Social group work.
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Group psychotherapy.
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Group work in education.
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| Author |
Wheelan, Susan A.
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| LC no. |
2004029459 |
| ISBN |
0761929584 (cloth) |
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