ACCEPTANCE OF ROLE AND RESULTANT INTERACTION IN THE GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
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In every exchange between humans, there develop dimensions to that relationship which are shaped by, and at the same time determine, the definition and function of each individual within the situation. The end result of such an exchange depends, in great part, upon bow nearly there is a common assessment of the situation by all its participants and a consensus among them regarding the behavioral demands that are thereby made upon each individual.Usually such demands separate themselves so that a number of discrete behavioral patterns develop. A single such pattern indicates the demands made on one individual, or upon a sub-group of individuals who are regarded as having similar purposes within the situation. There is a complementarity between the several behavior patterns which determines the outcome of the total interaction.
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