STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN SMALL ISOLATED GROUPS

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Abstract:

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.

Author(s):
Nelson, Paul D.
Author Organization(s):
NAVY MEDICAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH UNIT SAN DIEGO CA
Supplementary Note:
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Assoc., Los Angeles, CA, Sep 1964.
Pagination:
0014

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NMNRU-64-24
Task Number(s):
MR0051220
Project Number(s):
MR005.12
Monitor Series:
NMNRU
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_5.3_Planning
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*POLAR REGIONS, *SOCIAL COMMUNICATION, MILITARY PERSONNEL, STRESS(PSYCHOLOGY), MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY, REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY), ADJUSTMENT(PSYCHOLOGY), CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS, SENSORY DEPRIVATION, SOCIOMETRICS, BEHAVIOR, PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), GROUP DYNAMICS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Geography, Sociology and Law
Report Date:
1964 Sep 01