TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in Group Counseling Engagement and Conflict and Growth in Emotional Cultivation for Children and Adolescents
AU - Wang, Li fei
AU - Kivlighan, Dennis M.
AU - Wei, Meifen
AU - Kivlighan, D. Martin
AU - Hung, Yu Ling
AU - Koay, Evelyn Yan Yi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Psychological Association
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - Group climate is an important factor in group counseling and psychotherapy process and outcome research. The current investigation examined group climate changes (from early to late sessions) at the within-group (i.e., group members) and between-group (i.e., group-as-a-whole) levels in predicting changes in group members’ emotional cultivation in group counseling. A total of 236 Taiwanese children and adolescents across 41 groups participated in this study. Members’ ratings of group climate (i.e., engagement and conflict) were partitioned into within-group and between-group components, and polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used to examine the association between changes in group engagement and conflict (at the member and group-level) from early to late group sessions on changes in emotional cultivation. Results supported the theoretical hypothesis that when a group-as-a-whole reported increasing engagement from early to late group sessions, relative to other groups (i.e., between-group effect), members of that group experienced greater growth in emotional cultivation.
AB - Group climate is an important factor in group counseling and psychotherapy process and outcome research. The current investigation examined group climate changes (from early to late sessions) at the within-group (i.e., group members) and between-group (i.e., group-as-a-whole) levels in predicting changes in group members’ emotional cultivation in group counseling. A total of 236 Taiwanese children and adolescents across 41 groups participated in this study. Members’ ratings of group climate (i.e., engagement and conflict) were partitioned into within-group and between-group components, and polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used to examine the association between changes in group engagement and conflict (at the member and group-level) from early to late group sessions on changes in emotional cultivation. Results supported the theoretical hypothesis that when a group-as-a-whole reported increasing engagement from early to late group sessions, relative to other groups (i.e., between-group effect), members of that group experienced greater growth in emotional cultivation.
KW - children and adolescents
KW - emotional cultivation or regulation
KW - group climate
KW - group counseling and psychotherapy
KW - response surface analysis
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U2 - 10.1037/cou0000648
DO - 10.1037/cou0000648
M3 - Article
C2 - 36455023
AN - SCOPUS:85149053221
SN - 0022-0167
VL - 70
SP - 159
EP - 171
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
IS - 2
ER -
