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Great Post! You mentioned underlying issues being present therefore, necessitating individual therapy. While, I agree with you regarding individual therapy being needed at times; group therapy is very beneficial too. Corey & Corey (2006) note that group therapy is to be thought of as a treatment of choice rather than “second-rate” therapy (p.19). However, there are certain criteria needed to place clients in groups. As noted by Corey & Corey (2006) the selection process includes placing clients in groups that will best fit their needs and help them to unwanted or negative behaviors. I once worked with adolescents with drug and alcohol addictions. In the group we had weekly, each adolescent began to relate their addiction to a void they were trying to feel inside themselves. The adolescent’s posttest, after completion of the group, showed that being in a community where they were understood helped them to understand themselves and gave them tools to change their behaviors. The importance of friend influence as a determinant of adolescent behavior has primarily been inferred from research that has repeatedly demonstrated the behavior of friends to be similar. Homogeneity among peers, however, could also be due to a selection process whereby adolescents choose and keep friends whose behavior is similar to their own. Corey, M. S., Corey, G., & Corey, C. (2013). Groups: Process and practice (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole. Friend influence has been a determinant of adolescent behaviors as research shows that behavior of friends is similar (Gardner & Steinberg, 2012). However, there is conflicting research in regards to the friend influence and selection model. Some research shows that peers are influenced by their peers in relation to risky behaviors (Gardner & Steinberg, 2012). However, other research shows that adolescents select peers that relate to them (i.e., adolescent uses drugs chooses friends already using drugs)(Ennett, 1999; Dijkstra, Cillessen, & Borch, 2012). Peer groups are homogeneous (those who are drawn together through some likeness); therefore, that behavior must occur either by influence, selection, or both processes. During your group sessions with adolescents what approach do you use? Do you consider other measures of deterrence from risky behavior such as selection? Or does the group focus on peer pressure (influence)? Or other outside elements? Just curious! Thanks!!

References: Dijkstra, J., Cillessen, A. N., & Borch, C. (2012). Popularity and Adolescent Friendship Networks: Selection and Influence Dynamics. Developmental Psychology, doi:10.1037/a0030098 Ennett, S. T., & Bauman, K. E. (1999). The contribution of influence and selection to adolescent peer group homogeneity: The case of adolescent cigarette smoking. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 67(4), 653-663. Gardner, M., & Steinberg, L. (2012). 'Peer influence on risk taking, risk preference, and risk decision making in adolescence and adulthood: An experimental study': Correction to Gardner and Steinberg (2005). Developmental Psychology, 48(2), 589.

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