STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN SMALL ISOLATED GROUPS

Men who had spent twelve months at one of three Antarctic research stations (N ranging from 17 to 33) provided information at two time periods concerning work, formal communication, and off-duty friendship interactions. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the extent to which group structure ch...

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Main Author: Nelson, Paul D.
Other Authors: NAVY MEDICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH UNIT SAN DIEGO CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
Geography
Sociology and Law
*POLAR REGIONS
*SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
MILITARY PERSONNEL
STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY)
MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY)
CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS
SENSORY DEPRIVATION
SOCIOMETRICS
BEHAVIOR
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
GROUP DYNAMICS
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0609543
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Summary:Men who had spent twelve months at one of three Antarctic research stations (N ranging from 17 to 33) provided information at two time periods concerning work, formal communication, and off-duty friendship interactions. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the extent to which group structure changed in any of these three domains of interaction over a six-month period. From an analysis of direct, indirect, and reciprocal choices there were no general change patterns common to all station groups or all types of interaction. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Assoc., Los Angeles, CA, Sep 1964.

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