A Technique for the Measurement of Social Adjustment

Janney, J.

doi:10.1080/00220973.1939.11010129

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“…It is apparent from existing records that the importance of effective interactions for obtaining desired goals and achievements was well established in the general society, and in the research, by the early to mid 1900s (Carnegie, 1936). For instance, Janney (1939) stated that it was becoming increasingly recognized in the college setting that the ability to interact effectively (which he called “social competence”) must be developed if students are to achieve their goals and find happiness post-graduation. The establishment of academic and popular interest in the effectiveness of interactions resulted in a slow increase of research, which accelerated near the middle of the 20th century and ballooned in the 1970s and 1980s.…”

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Social Effectiveness

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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin

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The ability to effectively manage social interactions is key to achieving many life goals. A substantial amount of research has been conducted in rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology that includes a consideration of some aspect of social effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to collect and synthesize the past 30 years of rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology research addressing aspects of social effectiveness. A total of 13 terms (e.g., interpersonal skills, social competence, social functioning, and soft skills) were used to search six of the most prominent rehabilitation counseling and rehabilitation psychology journals from the period January 1982 to May 2013. A total of 608 articles were identified as including at least one of the search terms, with 175 using a search term prominently and the other 433 only passively. Social skills, social functioning, and social competence were among the most frequently used search terms, accounting for almost 90% of all used terms. It was found that social effectiveness constructs were rarely defined and often used interchangeably. Twenty-nine interventions studies had been published in the 30-year period. Results reflect a substantial and useful body of literature in this area of research while also conveying an opportunity for the development of a more systematic, unified, and theory-driven approach to understanding and addressing aspects of social effectiveness.

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Social Effectiveness

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“…Janney (65), studying a number of related factors with a group of 160 college women, found participation in extracurriculum activities and scholarship to be positively related. Janney (65), studying a number of related factors with a group of 160 college women, found participation in extracurriculum activities and scholarship to be positively related.…”

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Chapter IV: Guidance Through Groups

Strang¹

1942

Review of Educational Research

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GuiDANCE THROUGH GROUPS is a much more subtle and difficult process than that which is commonly called "group guidance." Its aim is (a) developmental-the satisfaction of basic needs; social and emotional development; the building of values, attitudes, social norms, vocational and esthetic values; and the acquisition of knowledge and skills, (b) diagnostic, (c) therapeutic, and (d) social, in the sense of contributing to the welfare of the group as well as promoting the best development of individuals. Classes, clubs, informal discussion groups, and social events constitute a laboratory in which to solve problems of the democratic way of life. For this reason, group activities assume worldwide importance in bridging the gap between democracy as an ideal and democracy as a reality (111: 1).There is, however, no inevitable magic in group work. The potential dangers and difficulties of guidance through groups must be faced (111: 10-11). The best thinking of certain individuals may be inhibited rather than facilitated in the presence of a group. As a result of group stimulation, quantity of work may be increased at the expense of quality. Inappropriate group experiences may decrease rather than increase the self-confidence of certain individuals, and rejection by the group may intensify their feelings of inferiority. In other cases competing group loyalties may cause mental conflicts. Excessive social activity may be harmful to the best development of certain persons whose supply of psychological energy is low. More widely recognized is the facilitation of crime through association with groups having antisocial tendency (106: 25-26). Because of these potential dangers, effective guidance through groups requires skilful work with individuals as part of the function of group leadership. In conferences with the individual, the guidance worker may discover needs for changes in his environment; in groups, the leader frequently becomes aware of personal problems which must be treated individually. The counselor may sometimes best establish relationship with resistant individuals through shared work or play (111: 27-28,128).The literature on group activities is predominantly philosophical and descriptive, rather than experimental. With the exception of studies of relationships between participation in group activities and student characteristics, and several recent experiments on the influence of group atmosphere or procedures on the behavior of members, the hundreds of articles and books written on group activities consist largely of surveys of group work and descriptions of specific programs and procedures. On the elementary-school level McKown (82) has incorporated the best theory

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Factors Associated with Social Behavior and Adjustment: a Review of the Literature

Gustad

1952

Educational and Psychological Measurement

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A Technique for the Measurement of Social Adjustment

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