Social Ecology: a Method for Evaluating Groups

J. Eugene Waters and Arthur B. Gavin
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J. Eugene Waters: Gordon Junior College, Barnesville, Georgia
Arthur B. Gavin: Macon Correctional Center, Macon, Georgia

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1980, vol. 26, issue 4, 272-278

Abstract: The applicability of social ecology as a means to evaluate psychotherapy groups is discussed by means of a case example. A Couples' Growth group in a community alcohol treatment programme was used to demonstrate a social ecological approach to the assessment and description of groups. Members' and leaders' perceptions of the group's social environment, as well as perceptions of an ideal group, were determined via a recently developed Group Environment Scale. This assessment pointed to areas of discrepancies, and the results were validated in a "group feedback session". Systematic data on the social ecology of groups will enable clinicians to better evaluate and describe this treatment setting in which behaviour change is being attempted.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1177/002076408002600405

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