| Abstract: | Examined the effects of a brief encounter group experience upon 500 residents in a university dormitory. Women living on 3 separate floors were designated experimental Ss and provided with a group experience designed to encourage personal interaction, while women on 2 other floors were assigned to a control group. 6 preexperimental and follow-up measures (e.g., semantic differential ratings of floor atmosphere, a modified Self-Disclosure Questionnaire, and frequency of conversations with peers) administered to both groups showed that experimental Ss evidenced greater improvement in their attitudes toward the importance of "floor spirit" in their ratings of the social atmosphere of their floor and in the number of peers they subsequently identified as acquaintances. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
