Effect of Valence and Structure of Feedback on Reception in Personal Growth Groups
| Autor: | Alfred Jacobs, Charles J. Pine |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
Negative information 05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Interpersonal communication Personal development Developmental psychology Group cohesiveness Negative feedback 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Valence (psychology) business Psychology 0503 education Social psychology General Psychology Personality change Positive feedback |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 62:631-637 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/pr0.1988.62.2.631 |
| Popis: | 60 college students participated in a one-time personal growth group experience. Subjects were assigned to one of eight groups. Groups participated in three exercises to promote interpersonal contact. Feedback sessions followed for all groups. Two groups generated and exchanged positive feedback and two groups generated and exchanged negative feedback among group members. Lists of statements (positive or negative) were used as feedback in the other four groups. Major factors were valence, structure, and replication Positive feedback was more credible, desirable, and influential than negative feedback as rated by recipients and donors. Exchanging positive information appears more easily achieved in short-term groups than is negative information, and apparently whether information is invented or selected from lists is not crucial. Group cohesiveness and personality change apparently ate not differentially influenced by main variables. Results are discussed in terms of implications for research. |
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