APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL RELATIONS MODEL TO THE CORE CONFLICTUAL RELATIONSHIP THEME IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL MICROCOSM THEORY

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dc.contributor.advisorKivlighan, Dennis Men_US
dc.contributor.authorMarkin, Raynaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCounseling and Personnel Servicesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-28T14:55:41Z
dc.date.available2007-09-28T14:55:41Z
dc.date.issued2007-03-20en_US
dc.description.abstractThe group therapy literature is plagued with methodological and statistical pitfalls. Likewise, researchers have struggled to develop an accurate method of assessing transference. The study at hand used The Social Relations Model to circumvent common problems in group research and is proposed as a way of measuring transference in group therapy. We used the Central Relationship Theme, a derivative of the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme, as a measure of transference. Additionally, while the social microcosm theory is the cornerstone of interpersonal-process groups, few studies exist to support it. This study assessed the social microcosm theory by comparing group members' central relationship themes with other group members to their central relationship theme with a romantic partner outside of the group. The results suggest that transference is present in member to member relationships.. Mixed results were found to support the social microcosm theory, i.e., that a group member's transference themes outside of the group are repeated within the group.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/7142
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Clinicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Relations Modelen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTransferenceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Microcosm Theoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCore Conflictual Relationship Themeen_US
dc.titleAPPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL RELATIONS MODEL TO THE CORE CONFLICTUAL RELATIONSHIP THEME IN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: EVALUATION OF THE SOCIAL MICROCOSM THEORYen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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