Evaluating Personal Construct Group Work with Troubled Adolescents

✍ Scribed by Deborah Truneckova; Linda L. Viney

• Book ID: 102870345
• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 925 KB
• Volume: 85
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00613.x

✦ Synopsis

The researchers assessed the effectiveness of personal construct group work done in 3 phases with troubled adolescents. The results provided evidence that personal construct group work was effective in bringing about changes in construing of themselves and others (Phase 1), was perceived by participants as effective (Phase 2), and was shown to be effective through the group processes (Phase 3). These findings and their clinical implications are discussed, together with some limitations in the study.