title: Rebellion in group.
abstract: Rebellion is a strategy of social action: to overthrow the group's status quo or to adamantly oppose its revision. Rebellion occurs when other avenues of influence seem futile or unattractive-a judgment that depends on the group's genuine receptivity to discussion and change, and equally, on the state of mind of the rebel. There are different pathways of rebellion: defiance, secession/exile, anarchy, or revolution. Although rebellion represents an individual's mental attitude toward a group, it is useful to think of group process and rebellion as an attempt to move the group in a different direction. Similar to other group members, the therapist has rebellious feelings and thoughts, and may take on the multiple roles of defiant instigator, exiled outcast, anarchist, and revolutionary.
authors.affiliation: Postdoctoral Program in Group Psychotherapy, Adelphi University, Derner Institute in Garden City, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Billow
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group