The effects of cognitive pretraining on cohesion and self-disclosure in small groups: An analog study

✍ Scribed by Leonard J. Santarsiero; Richard C. Baker; Thomas F. McGee

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 522 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(199505)51:3<403::aid-jclp2270510314>3.0.co;2-j

✦ Synopsis

This study examined the effects of written, cognitive pretraining on the development of cohesion and self-disclosure in interpersonal learning groups. Subjects in the experimental condition received a written introduction to the group experience, and subjects in the control condition received written information on the history of group psychotherapy. Results demonstrated that the experimental groups had a higher level of group cohesion than the control groups, p < .OO01, but were not different on self-disclosure. The correlation between cohesion and self-disclosure was not statistically significant. The results were discussed as an extension of the empirical support for cognitive pretraining.