Follow-up study209 undergraduates in 18 groups; 170 completedCautions: Same study as another entry · Self-selected participants
Safety and harm in groups
Measures that catch the harms an average hides: pressure, dependence and abuse.
11 works from this field, lit on the map
Moves it sheds light on
Our reading. None of these fields tests a move inside a circle.
Measures pressure to disclose, dependence and the cost of leaving: the failures that welcoming everything has to rule out.
Studies a leader’s power over members and when it turns coercive; whether joining in as a participant changes that hasn’t been studied.
In the catalogue
- A Study of Encounter Group Casualties
- The Impact of Encounter Groups on Participants: Some Preliminary Findings
Controlled study209 students in 18 groups and 69 comparison participantsCautions: Same study as another entry · Self-selected participants
- Some Observations on Encounter Group Casualties
Controlled study
- Encounter Groups: Positive Change or Deterioration? More Data and a Partial Replication
Follow-up study327 members of 39 T-groups that met without a trainer
- Effects of large group awareness training on participants’ psychiatric status
Follow-up studyMore than 300 participants in two cohortsCautions: Self-selected participants
- Psychological effects of participation in a large group awareness training.
Controlled study135 Forum attendees: 83 assessed before and after, 52 assigned post-test only; 73 comparison participantsCautions: Self-selected participants · Self-report only · Commercial interest
- Negative Effects of Psychological Treatments: An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Negative Effects Questionnaire for Monitoring and Reporting Adverse and Unwanted Events
Survey653 respondents: 189 from a treatment trial and 464 recruited through mediaCautions: Self-report only
- Adverse events of group psychotherapy in the in-patient setting – results of a naturalistic trial
Follow-up study180 psychiatric in-patients in a range of therapy groups
- Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation‐based therapies: a systematic review
Review83 studies reviewed
- Negative effects during multicomponent group-based treatment: A multisite study
Survey330 patients at seven clinical sitesCautions: Self-report only · No later follow-up