The Diagnostic Use of the Social Atom

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  • Jane A. Taylor Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/vwq3cm76

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Atom

Abstract

Psychodramatists, group facilitators, ·and other professionals in group work throughout the world make use of the concept of the social atom. Over the years a body of information has evolved about the diagnostic keys that purportedly can be observed in the social atoms produced by subjects with paper and pencil. After developing a systematic procedure for obtaining and examining such social atoms, the drawings produced by a sample of 30 subjects (10 normals,'' 10 chronic psychotic, 10 not guilty by reason of insanity) were examined for intra- and inter-group differences. The results indicate the presence of validity in this body of knowledge and, consequently, open the way for additional uses and research:

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2025-03-14

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Vol. 37 No. 2 (1984): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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