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The Utilization of Cotherapists and of Group Therapy Techniques in a Family-Oriented Approach to a Disturbed Child

This paper presents theory and technique developed over a thirteen-year period with a group of chronically disturbed psychotic patients. When psychotic patients enter a group, the potential dynamics that develop within the group process mobilize psychotic resistances which become the dominant group feature. Resistances can retard group development, destroy cohesion, and result in repetitive role behaviors. Therapist interventions, especially those that join with the resistance, can promote the movement and integrity of the group while discovering aspects of primitive individual identity for the group members. Case material is included, illustrating both group resistance and group leader intervention strategies.     

Physical Threat and Self‐Evaluative Emotions in Smoking Cessation1

Negative self‐evaluative emotions (e.g., feeling dissatisfied with oneself, feeling stupid) are considered to indicate a threat to the self that can be caused by an external physical threat (e.g., smoking). A sample of 363 smokers was tested twice, with an interval of 8 months. Prospective analyses showed that self‐evaluative emotions mediated the relationship between the other psychological factors and quitting activity. In turn, the relationship between self‐evaluative emotions and quitting activity was mediated largely by intention to quit. The results indicate a primary role of self‐evaluative emotions in the motivation to quit smoking, and this should be taken into account when designing smoking‐cessation interventions.