Handbook of Group Research and Practice

Susan Wheelan was president of GDQ Associates, Inc. Until 2001, she was a professorof psychological studies and faculty director of the Training and Development Centerat Temple University. Dr. Wheelan received Temple University’s Great Teacher Awardin 1992. She also worked as a psychologist in a number of hospital and clinical settings.Dr. Wheelan was the author of Facilitating Training Groups; Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective; Creating Effective Teams: A Guide for Members and Leaders;and Faculty Groups: From Frustration to Collaboration. She was editor of the Handbook of Group Research and Practice and coeditor of The Lewin Legacy: Field Theory in Current Practice and Advances in Field Theory. She wrote 66 research articles for publication.

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• Introduction - Susan A. WheelanPART I: Group Research and Practice: Then and Now1.The History of Group Research - Donelson R. Forsyth and Jeni L. Burnette2.Contemporary Issues in Group Research: The Need for Integrative Theory - Jennifer L. Berdahl and Kelly Bouas Henry 3.The History of Group Practice: A Century of Knowledge - Sally H. Barlow, Gary M. Burlingame, and Addie J. Fuhriman4. Contemporary Issues in Group Practice - Janice DeLucia-Waack and Cynthia R. KalodnerPART II: Theoretical Perspectives on Groups5. The Psychoanalytic Perspective - Marvin H. Geller6.The Functional Perspective - Jonathon N. Cummings and Deborah G. Ancona7.The Developmental Perspective - Susan A. Wheelan8.The Social Identity Perspective - Michael A. Hogg9.The Communication Perspective on Group Life - Lawrence R. Frey and Sunwolf10.The Systems Perspective - Yvonne Agazarian and Susan Gantt11.Chaos, Complexity, and Catastrophe: The Nonlinear Dynamics Perspective - Holly ArrowPART III: Methods in Group Research and Practice12.Design and Analysis of Experimental Research on Groups - Rick H. Hoyle13.Field Studies: A Focus on Group Research - Maria T. Riva and Maximillian Wachtel14.Nonlinear Methods for the Social Sciences - Stephen J. Guastello15.Social Life in Silico: The Science of Artificial Societies - Damon M. Centola and Michael W. MacyPART IV: Applied Group Research 16.Group Dynamics and Effectiveness: Five Years of Applied Research - Tjai M. Nielsen, Eric D. Sundstrom, and Terry R. Halfhill17.Conflict Within and Between Groups - R. Scott Tindale, Amanda Dykema-Engblade, and Erin Wittkowski18.Group Identity ad Self-Definition - Dominic Abrams, Daniel Frings, and Georgina Randsley de Moura19.Groups and Individual Change - Randy H. Magen and Eugene Mangiardi20.Virtual Teams - Marshall Scott Poole and Huiyan ZhangPART V: Group Practice: Methods and Outcomes21.Group Psychotherapy - Gary M. Burlingame, Suad Kapetanovic, and Steven Ross22.Promoting Effective Team Performance Through Training - Dana E. Sims, Eduardo Salas, and C. Shawn Burke23.Team Consultation - Felice Tilin and Joanne Broder Sumerson24.Learning Groups - David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson25.Mediating Intragroup and Intergroup Conflict - Tricia S. Jones26.Facilitating Group Communication - Sunwolf and Lawrence R. Frey27.Psychoeducational Groups - Nina W. Brown28.Skills Training Groups - Miguel A. Quiñones and Kelly de ChermontPart VI: Conclusion: Charting the Future29.Integrating Group Research and Practice - George Anderson and Susan A. Wheelan