Participants' Perceptions in Small and Large Group Contexts

1 May 1979

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations

Vol. 32 (5) , 357-365
https://doi.org/10.1177/001872677903200501

Abstract

This study was designed to examine aspects of projective processes in small and large group contexts. Subjects were members of a Group Relations Conference; quantitative data were collected on their perceptions of themselves, the group as a whole, and the group consultants, following their participation in relatively unstructured small and large self-study groups. The findings provided some empirical support for predictions of more powerful and self-impoverishing projections in the large groups.

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