0
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Examining within- and between-member cohesion and working alliance effects on group members’ motivation: a preliminary actor-partner interdependence study

, &
Received 20 Mar 2024, Accepted 22 Jul 2024, Published online: 05 Aug 2024

References

  • Alldredge, C. T., Burlingame, G. M., Yang, C., & Rosendahl, J. (2021). Alliance in group therapy: A meta-analysis. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 25(1), 13–28. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000135
  • Bakali, J. V., Baldwin, S. A., & Lorentzen, S. (2009). Modeling group process constructs at three stages in group psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 19(3), 332–343. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503300902894430
  • Bayl-Smith, P., & Griffin, B. (2017). Age discrimination within a P-E fit paradigm: Maintaining fit with an active work style. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 90(3), 306–328. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12173
  • Boudreaux, E. D., Sullivan, A., Abar, B., Bernstein, S. L., Ginde, A. A., & Camargo, C. A. (2012). Motivation rulers for smoking cessation: A prospective observational examination of construct and predictive validity. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 7(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-7-8
  • Brownstone, L. M., Kelly, D. A., Harrop, E. N., Norling, H. N., Palazzolo, L. P., Wright, O., & Tiede, E. (2023). Healing from weight stigma in community: A thematic analysis of a group intervention for large-bodied individuals. Psychotherapy, 60(4), 455–466. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000509
  • Brownstone, L. M., Kelly, D. A., Ko, S. J., Jasper, M. L., Sumlin, L. J., Hall, J., … Goffredi, A. R. (2021). Dismantling weight stigma: A group intervention in a partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient eating disorder treatment program. Psychotherapy, 58(2), 282–287. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000358
  • Burlingame, G. M., McClendon, D. T., & Alonso, J. (2011). Cohesion in group therapy. Psychotherapy, 48(1), 34–42. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022063
  • Burlingame, G. M., McClendon, D. T., & Yang, C. (2018). Cohesion in group therapy: A meta-analysis. Psychotherapy, 55(4), 384–398. https://doi.org/10.1037/pst0000173
  • Burlingame, G. M., & Strauss, B. (2021). Efficacy of small group treatments: Foundation for evidence-based practice. In M. Barkham, W. Lutz, & L. G. Castonguay (Eds.), Bergin and Garfield's handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change: 50th anniversary edition (7th ed., pp. 583–624). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Chapman, N., Kivlighan, I. I. I., & M, D. (2019). Does the cohesion–outcome relationship change over time? A dynamic model of change in group psychotherapy. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 23(2), 91–103. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000100
  • Chung, T., Maisto, S. A., Mihalo, A., Martin, C. S., Cornelius, J. R., & Clark, D. B. (2011). Brief assessment of readiness to change tobacco use in treated youth. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 41(2), 137–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2011.02.010
  • Curran, P. J., & Bauer, D. J. (2011). The disaggregation of within-person and between-person effects in longitudinal models of change. Annual Review of Psychology, 62(1), 583–619. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.093008.100356
  • Duncan, B. L., & Miller, S. D. (2007). The group session rating scale. Jensen Beach, FL: Author.
  • Edwards, J. R., Caplan, R. D., & Van Harrison, R. (1998). Person-environment fit theory. Theories of Organizational Stress, 28(1), 67–94.
  • Ellis, C. C., Peterson, M., Bufford, R., & Benson, J. (2014). The importance of group cohesion in inpatient treatment of combat-related PTSD. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 64(2), 208–226. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijgp.2014.64.2.208
  • Feng, C. Y., Chu, H., Chen, C. H., Chang, Y. S., Chen, T. H., Chou, Y. H., … Chou, K. R. (2012). The effect of cognitive behavioral group therapy for depression: A meta-analysis 2000–2010. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 9(1), 2–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6787.2011.00229.x
  • Gabriel, A. S., Diefendorff, J. M., Chandler, M. M., Moran, C. M., & Greguras, G. J. (2014). The dynamic relationships of work affect and job satisfaction with perceptions of fit. Personnel Psychology, 67(2), 389–420. https://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12042
  • Hornsey, M. J., Olsen, S., Barlow, F. K., & Oei, T. P. (2012). Testing a single-item visual analogue scale as a proxy for cohesiveness in group psychotherapy. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 16(1), 80–90. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024545
  • Kashy, D. A., & Kenny, D. A. (2000). The analysis of data from dyads and groups. In H. T. Reis, & C. M. Judd (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in social and personality psychology (pp. 451–477). Cambridge University Press.
  • Kenny, D. A. (1996). Models of non-independence in dyadic research. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13(2), 279–294. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407596132007
  • Kim, T. Y., Schuh, S. C., & Cai, Y. (2020). Person or job? Change in person-job fit and its impact on employee work attitudes over time. Journal of Management Studies, 57(2), 287–313. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12433
  • Kivlighan, D. M., Cohen, K., Zilcha-Mano, S., Palgi, S., & Zilberstein, A. (2022). Examining state and trait alliance in group therapy: A within-person and between-person actor–partner interdependence model. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 26(2), 137–150. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000152
  • Kivlighan, D. M., Kivlighan, D. M., & Cole, O. D. (2012a). The group’s absence norm and commitment to the group as predictors of group member absence in the next session: An actor–partner analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology., 59(1), 41–49. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025506
  • Kivlighan, D. M., Lo Coco, G., & Gullo, S. (2012b). Attachment anxiety and avoidance and perceptions of group climate: An actor–partner interdependence analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 59(4), 518–527. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030173
  • Kivlighan, D. M., & Narvaez, R. C. (2021). Mutual influence in group psychotherapy: A review and application to group psychology. In C. D. Parks, & G. A. Tasca (Eds.), The psychology of groups: The intersection of social psychology and psychotherapy research (pp. 191–206). American Psychological Association. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/10.1037/0000201-011
  • Krogel, J., Burlingame, G., Chapman, C., Renshaw, T., Gleave, R., Beecher, M., & MacNair-Semands, R. (2013). The group questionnaire: A clinical and empirically derived measure of group relationship. Psychotherapy Research, 23(3), 344–354. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2012.729868
  • Lo Coco, G., Gullo, S., Albano, G., Brugnera, A., Flückiger, C., & Tasca, G. A. (2022). The alliance-outcome association in group interventions: A multilevel meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(6), 513–527. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000735
  • Lo Coco, G., Gullo, S., Oieni, V., Giannone, F., Di Blasi, M., & Kivlighan, D. M. (2016). The relationship between attachment dimensions and perceptions of group relationships over time: An actor–partner interdependence analysis. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 20(4), 276–293. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000056
  • Mcevoy, P. M., Johnson, A. R., Kazantzis, N., & Egan, S. J. (2023). Predictors of homework engagement in group CBT for social anxiety: Client beliefs about homework, its consequences, group cohesion, and working alliance. Psychotherapy Research, 1–13.
  • Mensinger, J. L., Tylka, T. L., & Calamari, M. E. (2018). Mechanisms underlying weight status and healthcare avoidance in women: A study of weight stigma, body-related shame and guilt, and healthcare stress. Body Image, 25, 139–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2018.03.001
  • O’Hara, L., Ahmed, H., & Elashie, S. (2021). Evaluating the impact of a brief health at every size®-informed health promotion activity on body positivity and internalized weight-based oppression. Body Image, 37, 225–237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.02.006
  • O’hara, L., & Taylor, J. (2018). What’s wrong with the ‘War on obesity?’ A narrative review of the weight-centered health paradigm and development of the 3C framework to build critical competency for a paradigm shift. Sage Open, 8(2), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018772888
  • Pearl, R. L., & Puhl, R. M. (2018). Weight bias internalization and health: A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, 19(8), 1141–1163. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12701
  • Pearl, R. L., Wadden, T. A., Bach, C., Gruber, K., Leonard, S., Walsh, O. A., Tronieri, J. S., & Berkowitz, R. I. (2020). Effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention targeting weight stigma: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(5), 470–480. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000480
  • Quirk, K., Miller, S., Duncan, B., & Owen, J. (2013). Group session rating scale: Preliminary psychometrics in substance abuse group interventions. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 13(3), 194–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2012.744425
  • Raudenbush, S. W., Bryk, A. S., Cheong, Y. F., Congdon, R. T., & Du Toit, M. (2011). HLM7: Hierarchical Linear and Nonlinear Modeling. SSI, Scientific Software International. ISBN: 0894980572.
  • Thayer, S. D., & Burlingame, G. M. (2014). The validity of the group questionnaire: Construct clarity or construct drift? Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 18, 318–332. https://doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000015
  • Tomiyama, A. J. (2014). Weight stigma is stressful. A review of evidence for the cyclic obesity/weight-based stigma model. Appetite, 82, 8–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.06.108
  • Wu, Y. K., & Berry, D. C. (2018). Impact of weight stigma on physiological and psychological health outcomes for overweight and obese adults: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(5), 1030–1042. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13511
  • Yalom, I., & Leszcz, M. (2020). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy. Hachette Books.
  • Yu, K. Y. T. (2009). Affective influences in person–environment fit theory: Exploring the role of affect as both cause and outcome of PE fit. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94(5), 1210–1226. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0016403

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.