Overcoming Denial through the Group: A Test of Acceptance Theory.

Rugel, Robert P.; Barry, Denise

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ERIC Number: EJ411425

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Publication Date: 1990

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Overcoming Denial through the Group: A Test of Acceptance Theory.

Rugel, Robert P.; Barry, Denise

Small Group Research: An International Journal of Theory, Investigation, and Application, v21 n1 p45-58 Feb 1990

Found participants (N=28) in alcohol treatment groups showed decreases in denial of drinking problems and decreases in psychopathology following 12 weeks of group counseling. Determined greater self-acceptance was associated with experiencing acceptance by group and with greater decreases in denial; decreases in denial and psychopathology were also associated with catharsis, hope, and identification. (Author/TE)

Descriptors: Alcoholism, Group Counseling, Identification (Psychology), Psychopathology, Social Support Groups, Therapeutic Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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