Journal article
Changes in group counseling engagement and conflict and growth in emotional cultivation for children and adolescents
Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.70(2), pp.159-171
2023
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000648
Abstract
Group climate is an important factor in group counseling and psychotherapy process and outcome research. The current investigation examined group climate changes (from early to late sessions) at the within-group (i.e., group members) and between-group (i.e., group-as-a-whole) levels in predicting changes in group members’ emotional cultivation in group counseling. A total of 236 Taiwanese children and adolescents across 41 groups participated in this study. Members’ ratings of group climate (i.e., engagement and conflict) were partitioned into within-group and between-group components, and polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used to examine the association between changes in group engagement and conflict (at the member- and group-level) from early to late group sessions on changes in emotional cultivation. Results supported the theoretical hypothesis that when a group-as-a-whole reported increasing engagement from early to late group sessions, relative to other groups (i.e., between-group effect), members of that group experienced greater growth in emotional cultivation. Results also indicated that group members reported greater growth in emotional cultivation when there was consistent and high engagement or consistent and low conflict from early to late group sessions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Changes in group counseling engagement and conflict and growth in emotional cultivation for children and adolescents
- Creators
- Li-fei WangDennis M. Kivlighan JrMeifen WeiD Martin Kivlighan IIIYu-Ling HungEvelyn Yan Yi Koay
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.70(2), pp.159-171
- Publisher
- Amer Psychological Assoc
- DOI
- 10.1037/cou0000648
- ISSN
- 0022-0167
- eISSN
- 1939-2168
- Grant note
- name: Ministry of Science and Technology, award: MOST 111-2410-H-003-102-MY3; name: Ministry of Education
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 12/01/2022
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Internal Medicine; Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984363160302771
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