A Structural Analysis of Small Groups

1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-53315-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Psychology Revivals

Originally published in 1992, A Structural Analysis of Small Groups is concerned with the emergent properties of groups as systems, where those properties arise from, but where such properties are equivalent neither to those of individuals nor their interactions.

First an examination of group theory is presented. Particular emphasis is placed upon processes of group integration, identity and leadership, using the theories of Freud, Bion, Winnicott, and Lacan. Methodological problems of group research are examined, including problems of definition and measurement, e.g. transindividual processes are defined, described and appropriate measurement of methods are discussed. Finally, within a framework of systems, psychoanalytic and social psychological theories, five small groups are analysed to determine their structural and dynamic properties.

The book aimed to extend and develop ideas on group dynamics within the psychoanalytic group psychology tradition. In so doing it emphasised the role of unconscious processes in the nature of collective life. In addition to the more traditional analytic ideas about groups the book draws on the work of Lacan.

The book will be of interest to all those concerned with group dynamics, leadership, psychoanalysis, systems theory and social psychology.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Long, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. 1. Overview  Part I: Theoretical Framework 2. A Systems Framework 3. Group Psychology 4. Integration in Groups 5. Identity, Leadership and Authority 6. Research Methodology for Group Systems  Part II: The Cross-Sectional Study 7. Group 1, Session 1 8. Group 2, Session 1 9. Group 3, Session 1 10. Comparison of Groups 1–3 from the Cross-Sectional Study  Part III: The Longitudinal Qualitative Study Introduction to Part III. 11. The Longitudinal Qualitative Study 12. Conclusions and Implications for Future Research. Appendices. References. Indexes.

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Susan Long is Professor Emerita and co-lead of the PhD program at the National Institute for Organisational Dynamics Australia (NIODA), a visiting Professor at INSEAD, Singapore and visiting academic at the University of Divinity, Melbourne. She is author of 8 books the most recent being The Evolution of the Unconscious: Persons, Groups, Nature and Spirit (Routledge 2025), and many journal articles. She is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Socioanalysis (est. 1999) and associate editor of Organisational and Social Dynamics.

Susan is also an organisational consultant and coach and has clients in several countries globally. She has directed and been on the staff of many group relations conferences globally.

She is member of Group Relations Australia, Social Dreaming International Network and a distinguished member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organisations and has sat on the boards of prestigious organisations, including the Judicial College of Victoria.