The effects of a short-term semi-structured group on individual adjustment to divorce were examined. The 10-week group treatment program was adapted from Fisher's Divorce and Personal Growth Seminars. Single case design and group comparison methodologies as well as qualitative data were employed in the analysis. Twelve subjects who participated in two groups were studied. Psychosocial wellbeing was measured by repeated administrations of Hudson's Generalized Contentment Scale, the Index of Self Esteem, and the Index of Peer Relations, in a baseline, treatment and posttreatment phases. Pre- and posttest measures of divorce adjustment were obtained by administering the Fisher Divorce adjustment Scale. ANOVA showed that both groups had significantly improved in divorce adjustment and in psychosocial wellbeing scores between the pretest and posttest measures. All subjects improved on divorce adjustment, and 8 of 11 subjects improved on psychosocial wellbeing. However, broad variations in the rate of improvement were observed among individuals. Single case analysis was done by visual inspection of plotted scores. Qualitative data from the subjects' history and from notes taken by the researcher during the study, were used to interpret the differences observed among the individual subjects. / The presence of factors such as multiple stressors, life events, social support, who initiated the separation, and the passage of time, were judged to have an effect in the divorce adjustment process of individual cases. The use of the group as a therapeutic modality for the crisis of divorce and implications for social work practice and research are discussed. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-09, Section: A, page: 2813. / Major Professor: Dianne Harrison Montgomery. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77849 |
| Contributors | Vera, Maria Ines., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 283 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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