Marathon Group Dynamics: III. Disjunctive Contacts

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This is the third in a series of research studies on the group dynamics of Marathon interaction groups. It is a report of the kinds of contact 112 marathon group members found “least helpful” or disjunctive. Five parameters of disjunctive contact were identified as “least helpful” by the participants. These barriers to intimacy were labelled: Strangeness (21%), Alienation (27%), Narcissism (15%), Disjunctive Communication (11%), and Aggression-phobia (26%). Clinical descriptions of the nature of these disjunctive contacts and some statistical differences between subgroups were presented. The discussion focused on the two most “unconscious” ways of alienating Self from Others, Narcissism and Disjunctive Communication. Implications of the data on Strangeness, Alienation end Aggression-phobia were briefly mentioned.

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