Group Psychotherapy: Its Effects on Mothers Who Rate Social Performance of Retardates
BESS SIEGEL M.A.1,
KATHLEEN SHERIDAN PH.D.2, , and
EDWARD P. SHERIDAN PH.D.3
1 Director, Oakland Counseling Service, Pontiac, Mich.
2 Assistant Professor of Psychology and Assistant Director, Student Counseling Center, Loyola University, 6525 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, Ill. 60626
3 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Counselling Center, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle
The authors studied the effect of group psychotherapy on the mothers of retarded individuals. They found that the mothers who underwent psychotherapy rated the retardates significantly higher in security and appearance than they did before therapy, while the mothers in the control group saw no changes in their retarded children.
