Individual outcomes in therapeutic community (TC) models of substance abuse treatment have been linked to a variety of psychosocial characteristics. However, questions surrounding the impact of asocial functioning on group process in a TC setting remain relatively unexplored. To investigate this relationship, a primary study goal was to develop and test an instrument for measuring cohesiveness, a key mechanism which facilities group process. The aim was to obtain participant ratings of cohesiveness for a therapeutic session. A second study goal was to examine how high asocial functioning impacts treatment for others by examining the primary treatment agent (i.e., group) and therapeutic factors (e.g., cohesiveness) which facilitate group process. For this aim, a group composite variable was created on the basis of the asocial characteristics of the group membership. The study design provided a framework for investigation of group-level effects that are specific to client-level treatment process within a therapeutic session. The results of analyses conducted with data from a sample of adult probationers demonstrated that the TCU Group Session Evaluation is a clinically useful, psychometrically sound instrument that captures dimensions of working and bonding which are associated with cohesiveness. However, the results of multilevel analysis did not support a relationship between client psychosocial functioning and group process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-03212011-164331 |
| Date | 21 March 2011 |
| Creators | Pankow, Jennifer Kay |
| Contributors | Dwayne D Simpson, Kevin Knight |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/octet-stream |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-03212011-164331/ |
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