EFFECTS OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ON ATTITUDES OF NURSING STUDENTS

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of group psychotherapy in a teaching rather than therapeutic situation. It was hypothesized that nursing students who work out their own anxieties in group therapy learn more from a psychiatric ward assignment and become more effective in their relationships with patients. This hypothesis received support in a study of four semesters of nursing students assigned for practicum training to a V.A. Neuropsychiatric Hospital