Phases of group development: Systems-centered hypotheses and their implications for research and practice

Group Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-252

  Agazarian, Yvonne ^a   Gantt, Susan ^a,b,c  

^a Syst Centered Training/Res Inst   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c 18 Lenox Pointe Northeast ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENT; FIGHTING; FLIGHT; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PSYCHODYNAMICS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TENSION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORK;

EID: 0141758181     PISSN: 10892699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2699.7.3.238     Document Type: Review

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