The Development of Warmth and Trust in Psychodrama Training Groups: A Cross- Cultural Study With Sociometry

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  • DAVID A. KIPPER Author
  • DMITRY M. TULLER Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/s636dc83

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Sociometry

Abstract

The development of the feelings of warmth and trust was monitored by means of sociometric choices in two short-term psychodrama training workshops. The male and female participants in the study were Russian and Bulgarian psychologists and psychiatrists. The training was held in Moscow and in Sofia. From the results, the authors concluded that improvement in both warmth and trust was a function of a substantial decrease in negative choices (rejections), rather than a significant increase in positive (attractions) ones, and that a system of weighted scored choices seems more valid than that based on frequency (number) of responses alone.

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2026-01-23

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Vol. 49 No. 1 (1996): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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