Large group awareness training

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As a large-group awareness training ( LGAT ) refers to a psychological way in a short time a lasting personality change is to be achieved by the participants in the group dynamics through such confrontation and positive thinking. These trainings originated in the USA in the 1960s as part of the Human Potential Movement . Today they are used less in self-awareness groups and more in seminars for MLM executives.

Large Group Awareness Training ( LGAT ) can be used for manipulation , which is why they have been criticized again and again from the psychological point of view. Some new religious movements or sects are also using this method. Another point of criticism is the sometimes unrealistic promises that are made with the use of the method.

An empirical psychological study with participants in a certain form of LGAT , the so-called “ forum ”, could not confirm that LGAT had the promised or feared effects. Only an increased control conviction could be ascertained; further positive or negative short-term or long-term effects could not be demonstrated. The authors sum up: "The results suggest that claims of far-reaching positive or negative psychological effects of participation in LGATs such as the forum are likely to be exaggerated."

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  1. ^ Langone, Michael (1998). "Large Group Awareness Training" . Cult Observer 15 (1). ISSN  1539-0152 .
  2. ↑ Lifespring for Christians? Christian Research Institute.
  3. ^ Michael Utsch: Questionable large group training. Pp. 372-374
  4. ↑ Fisher et al. 1989, p. 747. English original: "Results suggest that claims about far-reaching positive or negative psychological effects of participation in LGATs such as the Forum may be exaggerated."

literature

  • Fisher, Jeffrey D., et al. Evaluating a large group awareness training: A longitudinal study of psychosocial effects. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.
  • Jeffrey D. Fisher, Roxane Cohen Silver, Jack M. Chinsky, Barry Goff, Yechiel Klar, Cyndi Zagieboylo: Psychological Effects of Participation in a Large Group Awareness Training. In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology , Vol. 57 (1989), No. 6, pp. 747-755.
  • Michael Utsch: Questionable large group training. In: EZW material service. Journal for religious and ideological issues 68 (10), 2005, pp. 372–374. ISSN  0721-2402 ( Link )
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  • Lieberman, Morton A. "Effects of large group awareness training on participants' psychiatric status." The American journal of psychiatry (1987).
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