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''Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training: A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Effects'' is a non-fiction psychology book on Large Group Awareness Training, published in 1990 by Springer-Verlag. The book was co-authored by psychologists Jeffrey D. Fisher, Roxane Cohen Silver, Jack M. Chinsky, Barry Goff, and Yechiel Klar. The book was based on a psychological study of "The Forum", a course at the time run by Werner Erhard and Associates. Results of the study were published in two articles in the ''Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology'' in 1989 and 1990. Fisher and co-authors gave initial context for the study, providing analysis and discussion of academic literature in psychology regarding Large Group Awareness Training. The psychologists analyzed whether Large Group Awareness Training could be classified as psychotherapy, and attempted to determine whether these techniques are harmful, beneficial, or produce no effects to an individual's mental health. Participants included individuals that took part in a 1985 program of "The Forum" in the Northeastern United States. They were told they were participating in a "Quality of Life" study, and were instructed to fill out surveys about their experiences at time intervals prior to and after the program's completion. The sample size included 83 participants in the program, as well as an additional 52 sample groups of individuals that did not participate in "The Forum". The psychologists concluded that the Large Group Awareness Training program did not have lasting positive or negative effects on self-perception. The study reported in ''Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training'' was well received by the authors' peers; and garnered recognition from the American Psychological Association with its 1989 "National Psychological Consultants to Management Award". ''Ethics in Psychology: Professional Standards and Cases'' characterized the study as, "One of the few careful attempts to study Erhard's techniques in a rigorous fashion".〔 ''The Group in Society'', published in 2009, characterized the authors' research as "the most rigorous independent study to date" of Large Group Awareness Training.〔 The psychologists' research has been referenced in a 2005 study on Large Group Awareness Training published by the British Psychological Society, and a 2010 article in ''Nova Religio'' published by University of California Press. ==Authors== Jeffrey D. Fisher obtained his Ph.D. from Purdue University, where he specialized in the study of social psychology. He is a professor of psychology, at the University of Connecticut. Fisher founded and serves as director of the Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP) at the University of Connecticut.〔 He is co-author of the book ''Environmental Psychology'', with Paul A. Bell and Andrew Baum. Roxane Cohen Silver received her Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University. In 1989, Silver worked in research at the University of California, Los Angeles. Silver maintained a focus in the field of social psychology. In 2006, she was a professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior at the Department of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. Silver was recognized in 2007 with the American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science. Jack M. Chinsky has worked as a professor of psychology at the University of Connecticut.〔 He specialized in the field of community psychology. Chinsky maintained a focus on community relationships. In 2005, Chinsky practiced clinical psychology in Connecticut, and was a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut after teaching at the institution for 30 years. Barry Alan Goff graduated with a doctorate in social psychology, and was an instructor at the University of Connecticut in its graduate program for adult educators. Goff obtained master's degrees in counseling psychology, and American literature. He is the author of ''Social Support Among Best Friends''. He has worked in the field of consulting, with a focus in workforce performance and customer satisfaction.〔 Goff consulted for the United States Department of Labor in these areas, and advised in developing performance management systems for the Connecticut Department of Labor, the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.〔 Yechiel Klar obtained B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Tel Aviv University. He became a faculty member of the Department of Psychology at Tel Aviv University in 1990, and later was selected for the position of Senior Lecturer at the university.〔 Klar has taught in the capacity of visiting professor at the University of Connecticut, Lehigh University, University of Kansas, and Carleton University.〔 He is an editor of ''Self Change: Social Psychological and Clinical Perspectives''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evaluating a Large Group Awareness Training」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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