A comparative study of six different inpatient groups with respect to their basic assumption functioning.
Seventy-five group therapy sessions of six different inpatient team groups in one short-term, one intermediate term, and one long-term psychiatric ward were studied with Group Focal Conflict Analysis and the Group Emotionality Rating System. The majority of the group sessions (41) functioned as fight-flight groups, twenty-four sessions functioned at a "pseudogroup" level, and ten sessions were dependency groups. The differences between the fight-flight groups and the dependency group on the variables aggression and dependency were highly significant statistically. A mixture of fight-flight groups and pseudogroups were found in the short-term ward with emergency obligations. The author discusses the assets and shortcomings of fight-flight and dependency cultures within psychiatric wards.
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D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006126:Group Processes; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*