(Journal Article) Wang, Li-fei et al... creator text Washington :American Psychological Association ,March 2023 monographic eng

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159-171. p. Abstract- Group climate is an important factor in group counseling and psychotherapy process and outcome research. The current investigation examined group climate changes (from early to late sessions) at the within-group (i.e., group members) and between-group (i.e., group-as-a-whole) levels in predicting changes in group members’ emotional cultivation in group counseling. A total of 236 Taiwanese children and adolescents across 41 groups participated in this study. Members’ ratings of group climate (i.e., engagement and conflict) were partitioned into within-group and between-group components, and polynomial regression with response surface analysis was used to examine the association between changes in group engagement and conflict (at the member- and group-level) from early to late group sessions on changes in emotional cultivation. Results supported the theoretical hypothesis that when a group-as-a-whole reported increasing engagement from early to late group sessions, relative to other groups (i.e., between-group effect), members of that group experienced greater growth in emotional cultivation. Results also indicated that group members reported greater growth in emotional cultivation when there was consistent and high engagement or consistent and low conflict from early to late group sessions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________*** Group climate emotional cultivation or regulation group counselling psychotherapy 150.13 0022-0167 RIEBPL Library https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000648 https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000648 231106 20231108123549.0