The use of personal pronouns as categories for studying small group interaction.
- 1 March 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 52 (2) , 277-279
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0042742
Abstract
Observations were made of the use of personal pronouns in the meetings of 2 groups, a VA therapy session and a VA staff meeting. The assumption was made that the individual''s pronoun choice reflects his orientation toward persons, ideas, feelings, and objects. Under conditions of group interaction, patterns of pronominal preference may be expected to express characteristics of the group relationships. The method is described, and judgments of its effectiveness in expressing group characteristics are made.Keywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: