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Help Line Of Coles County, Illinois: A Crisis Intervention Telephone Service, Rebecca Block

Masters Theses

"Help Line of Coles County, Illinois: a crisis intervention telephone service" begins with a review of literature regarding the growth and development of hotlines in the United States. Additionally, an in-depth study is offered of a specific hotline, the Help Line of Coles County, Illinois.

There is discussion of the procedures used for screening and training volunteers, as well as discussion of comparative statistics about calls received by other hotlines.

Five forms were devised for collecting data specifically relating to the Help Line: Feedback from Volunteers, Profile of Volunteers, Profile of Calls, Feedback from Agencies, and Community Canvassing. These were …

A Comparison Of Self Ratings Of Change Done Dependently And Independently, Pamela P. Irwin

Masters Theses

A total of 243 Mental Hygiene and Introductory Psychology students completed ratings of adjustment in January of 1976. In May of the same year, 65 of the original Mental Hygiene students and 110 of the Introductory students completed the post-testing under one of four procedures. The post-testing procedures were: 1) dependent testing (defined as post-testing with awareness of pre-testing results) with an option to change their original test; 2) independent post-tesing which was the traditional method; then completion of dependent rating; 3) testing of their recall of original ratings, then dependent testing; and 4) dependent testing without the option to …

Videotape Feedback And Its Effects On Two Communicational Modalities, John Joseph Benda

Masters Theses

The present study was concerned with the applicability of various videotape feedback procedures on two communication modalities. The communication modalities studied dealt with the visual and auditory orientation of 80 college students.

The vast and, for the most part, positive findings associated with videotape feedback have fascinated therapists for the last couple of years. However, for the most part, videotape feedback has been used with individuals without taking into consideration the different ways these individuals communicate and/or learn. The purpose of the present experiment was to analyze the various aspects in which individuals communicate. Once their communicational modality was established …

A Didactic Method Of Preparation For Encounter Group Participants, Lawrence H. Bergmann

Masters Theses

The utilization of group procedures has mushroomed in the past ten years. While developing in part from group psychotherapy, involvement in groups has become a movement in its own right. Encounter groups, marathons or other intensive group experiences are no longer seen as a "second-best" treatment but a useful technique to be added to the tools of the psychotherapist. However, the rapid development of these treatments have often exceeded a strong theoretical rationale and the negative consequences have become increasingly evident. Preparation for individual therapies has been shown to be one method for improving outcomes and avoiding undesirable consequences. However, …

Reliability And Validity Of The Transactional Analysis Freehand Script Maze, Mark William Hardy

Masters Theses

In 1976, Buryska constructed an instrument called the Transactional Analysis Freehand Script Maze to explore the possible injunctions a client may have in certain areas. These areas are body, senses, feelings, head, needing, sex, family and culture, others, doing, and being. The purpose of this study was to find the reliability and validity of the freehand script maze.

Before the maze could be discussed, introduction was given about the history and components of Transactional Analysis.

The subjects used for the reliability test of the study were 134 Eastern Illinois University students chosen from classes that were willing to participate. The …