Staff and inpatient perceptions of change mechanisms in group psychotherapy.
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Biomedical subjects
J B Schaffer
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Getting elderly patients to eat properly.
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Degree of sobriety in male alcoholics and coping styles used by their wives.
The 'Coping With Drinking' questionnaire, administered to 124 A1-anon members, was factor analyzed and revealed nine identifiable styles of coping. Multiple regression analyses between three measures of sobriety and each of the nine styles of coping factors provide support for the general hypothesis that the coping styles used by wives of alcoholics are related to drinking outcome. Further, those modes of coping in which the wife communicates her feelings of distress and frustration to the drinking husband in a way which is minimally threatening for him seem to be most positively related to his attainment of sobriety.
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Redesigning a psychological counseling course: issues and guidelines.
Though the adequacy and relevancy of behavioral science education for family practice residents has been questioned, the existing literature offers only limited assistance for undertaking curriculum redesign. More specifically, there is no advice on how differences in teacher and learner perceptions of behavioral science can be used to develop goals, content, and teaching strategies in this area. This paper describes how a behavioral science course in psychological counseling was systematically redesigned, guided by six specific questions: (1) What are the instructor's assumptions about the subject matter? (2) How does the learner perceive course material? (3) What outcomes should be obtained? (4) What content matches desired outcomes? (5) What are the most suitable teaching strategies? (6) How can effectiveness of instruction be evaluated? Each question is outlined, and its application to the current course is discussed. Residents' self-assessments indicate knowledge gain in ability to articulate a counseling framework, to gather psychological information, and to intervene appropriately as a result of the course. The data reflect the need to expose residents to theoretical concepts as well as practical content when teaching counseling.
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