Examining the Credibility Gap and the Mum Effect: Rex Stockton's Contributions to Research on Feedback in Counseling Groups

ABSTRACT

The contributions of Rex Stockton and his colleagues to research on feedback in group counseling were reviewed. The following issues are examined: a) feedback's early theoretical and empirical foundation, b) Stockton and colleagues' methodology for examining feedback in group therapy, c) findings from Stockton and colleagues' line of research in feedback, d) critique and evaluation of this body of research, and e) implications for research and practice.

Keywords:

• groups
• feedback
• Stockton
• group counseling

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Dennis M. Kivlighan

Dennis M. Kivlighan Jr. is a professor in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland. John W. Luiza is a graduate student in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services at the University of Maryland.