| Abstract: | Compared the effectiveness of (a) group therapy stressing interpretive procedures intended to bring about client insight, and (b) a form of group therapy experience encouraging client * client interaction without the intentional development of insight. A total of 24 male psychiatric inpatients (20 diagnosed schizophrenic) were randomly assigned to insight, interaction, insight-interaction, or control groups. Ss were given behavioral, psychometric, and self-rating measures (e.g., the MMPI) before and after treatment. Although there were no significant differences between experimental conditions on any of the outcome measures, the insight-interaction group showed the most consistent indications of improvement on the 21 measures assumed to assess "personal functioning." None of the other group comparisons were statistically significant. (16 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
