Moreno's Sociometric Study at the Hudson School for Girls

A. Paul Hare

Moreno's Sociometric Study at the Hudson School for Girls

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Sociometric

Abstract

This article summarizes J. L. Moreno's sociometric reconstruction of the community at the New York State Training School for Girls at Hudson between 1932 and 1938. It discusses, on the basis of Moreno's Who Shall Survive? (1953), the tests Moreno used (acquaintance, spontaneity, situation, roleplaying, parent, and family) with home and work groups and his procedures for reconstruction of the community. By the time Moreno had concluded his work at Hudson, attraction between the girls in the residential cottages had increased and the number of runaways had decreased.

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2025-03-14

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Vol. 45 No. 1 (1992): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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