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Title Change in I-E Scores During T-Group
Author(s) Yoshida, Michio
Citation 鹿児島女子短期大学紀要, 15: 287-295
Issue date 1980-03-01
Type Departmental Bulletin Paper
URL http://hdl.handle.net/2298/29342
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BulletinofKagoshimaWomen,sJuniorCollegel980,Vol、15,P、287~295
Changeinl-EScoresDuringT-Group
MichioYOshida
ABSrRACT
ThepurposeofthisstudywastoinvestigatelheeffectsofT、Groupexperlencesonthemem・
bers,I-Escores・WehypoUlesizedthatthosememberswhoparticipatedinT-Groupwould
changetheirl、Escoresmoretointemalorientation.Weusedassubjects41femalestudents
ofanursingschooLTheyweredividedintotwogroupsbandsixsessionswereheldduringa
3・daypeIiod、I-EtestswelegjvenbefbreandafterlheT,Group、Theresultssupportedandverifiedtheabovehypothesis.
T・Group,firststartedbyLewin,et.a1.inthel940's,hasbeencarriedoutfireqUentlyas
anewteChni叩efbrimpIovingthecomplexhumanrelationsinmodemsociety・
IntheUnitedStates,wheretheconceptofTLGroupwasBrstconceivedofanddevelP
oped,T、GroupisculrentlyinfUⅡflourishinmanyolganizationsineducational,socialwork,
medicalandindustrialcilcles,wherehumanIelationsconstituteasimportantconsideration・TheseactivitiesrevolvearoundtheNationalTrainingLaboratories・
InJapan,T-Grouphasbeencarriedoutmainlybyindustrialorganizations,butinrecent
yearsitisgainingincreasmgacceptanceinthemedicalcommunitywherelheyusethetech.
、iqlefbrthetrainingofnuIses・
WhatinthewoddaIethepulposesofT-Group,then?ReseaIchersaledjvidedonthe
叩eStion,butletusmentionthefbUowingsevenpurposesaspointedoutbyBenne,K、,.,et・
al.(1964).
1.Onehopedfbroutcomefbrtheparticipantisincreasedawarenessofandsensitivity
toemotionalreactionsandexplessionsinhimselfandinothers、
2.Anotherdesiredobjectiveisgreaterabilitytoperceiveandtoleamfromtheconse・
quencesofhisactionsthroughattentionto企elings,hisownandothers1
3.ThestaffalsoattemptstostimulatetheclarificationanddevelOpmentofPersonal
valuesandgoalsconsonantwithademocraticandscientificapproachtoproblemsofsocialandpersonaldecisionandaction、
4.AnotherobjectiveisthedevelOpmentofconceptsandtheoreticalinsi沙tswhich
willserveastoolsin1linkingpersonalvalues,goals,andintentionstoactionsconsistentwith
theseinnerfactorsandwiththereqUlrementsofthesituation、
5.AlllaboratoryprogramsfbstertheachievementofbehavioraleffectivenessintransPactionswithone,senvironments、
6.Anotherobjectivegrowsoutofrecoglitionthatcontinuingopportunitiestoapply
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newleamingswilloccurinbackhomesituations,thoughremovedfromthe皿pportiveenv1P
ronmentofthelaboratoIy、
7.AfinalobjectiveundedyingmostlaboratoIyeducationis"leaminghowtoleam?
Asindicatedabove,itisregardedasthemostimportantpurposeofT-Grouptoaccu・ratelypeIceivethee縦cts(result9oflheirownbehavioronolhermembersandbetter
understandothermembers'behayior、Inolherwords,iftheparticipantshavehei2iltenedtheirsensitivityinperceivingtheresultsoftheirownbehaviorandtheresponsesofother
membersbysubjectivelyIelatingthemtotheirownbehavior,thentheTGroupcanbecalledsuccessfUL
Inthispaper,wewilldiscusswhetheranychangewiUtakeplacethroughT-Group
expenencesintheparticipants,sensitivity(orintheiroutlookonthosephenomenawhich
ariseintheirsocialenvironmen0fromthepointofviewofwhethertheyperceivethingson
thebasisoftheirownstandpointoronlhebasisofolhers,orextemalstandpoint、Forthispurpose,weusedthel、EscalepreparedbyRotter,』.B、(1966).Now,letus
exPlainwhattheI-Escaleisallabout・Oncesomeonestartsaction,itnamrallypIoducesIesults・SometimestheIesultscanbedesirableandsometimestheresultscanbeundesirable
fromhispointofview・Thefbrmerincludesthingslikereceivingapnze,andthelatterthingslikebeingpunished,AIewardandpunishmentcanmakeadiffbrenceinhisfUturebehaviorb
However,theeffbctsofrewardorpunishmentcanvaIydependingonwhetherhepeIceivestheIBwardorpunishmentIcsultingdirectlyfromhisownbehaviororhepeIceivesitasamatteroffbrtuneoraccident・Asoneaccumulatesexperlenceorgrowsolder,hecreatesgeneralizedexpectanciesbetweenhisbehaviorandtheideaofrewardorpunishmentandthegener副izedexpectanciesbecomeapersonalconditionwhichdeteImineshissocialbehavior・
Rotterrefbrredtothosepeoplewhobelieveinacause、and・effectrelationshipbetween
theirbehavioranditsresultsasintemalcontrolorientedpersonsandthosewhoperceivetheIesultsoftheirbehaviordependingonextemalpIessure,fbrtuneoraccidentasextemal
control・oIientedpersons・Thus,hewoIkedoutaqpestionnairecomprizing29items・ThisiscalledI-Escale・
Now,letusexplainthereasonswhythel-Escaleisusedtomea釦rechangesinT・
Groupsbintroducingsomeofthosestudiesintheprocess・
Firstofall,whateverismeasuredbythisscalemustbechangeable・Whateverisdeter‐
minedonlybyindivi血副person,sattributesoranythingpertainingthegeneticinheIitanceis
notchangeable・TobesuIe,theinternalorexternalorientationisaqualitypertainingtoa、
individual,andinthatsense,itisapersonalityvariable・But,asmentionedbefbre,whatfblms
itisgeneralizedexpectanciesvisPaPvisthecause-and、effbctrelationshipofthingscreated
throughanindividual'sexperiences・Inotherwords,itisamatterof.howoneloOksat
things?ortowhatheattributesthosephenomenawhichoccuraroundhjmatalltimes(the
resultsofhisbehavior).Thelefbre,ashisnewexpenenceaccumulates,“howhelooksat
thingS”canchange,eitherreinfbrced,orconverselyweakened・
Hayamizu(1973)fbundthatpeoplebecome‘‘intemaloriented"astheygrowold,and
thatwhilenosexualvariationscanbefbundUntiltheyaIeintheir30,s,menbecomemore
"intemaloriemed”thanwomenaftertheyareoverfbrtyyearsold・
Wealsofbundthatfirstline皿pervisorsinindustrialorganizationsbecomemore“inteIら
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naloriented"thancouegestudents(1973).Thismeanslhatthediffbrencewascausedbythe
factthatwhilecoUegestudentsareusuallyinapositiontoenjoythefreedomofaction,those
firstPlinesupervlsoIsofindustrialorganizationsareburdenedwithresponsibilitiesandpowers
andarelookeduponwithsomespecificexpectations・Atthesametime,thisalsoindicates
that蟹howonelookatthings”canundelgochangedependingo、environment,ageandaccu・
mulatedexperience・
Incidentally,wewouldliketoaddalittlefbotnotetotheeffectthatunlikeHayamizu,s
observationsconcemmgsexualVariations,itwasfbundthatthereweresexualvaIiationseven
amongyoungstudents,namely,malestudentsweremore“intemaloriented',thanfemalestudents・
Thesecondreasonwhythel-Escalewasusedwasbec鋤seitwasthoughtthatwhat
wastobemeasuredwassocloselyrelatedtothepuIposeandprocessoftheT、Group・As
mentionedbefbre,thepuIposeofT,Groupistohei8htenone,ssensitivityinawaythathe
cantakeacloselookatolherpersonsandhimselfwhenthosepeoplelivinginasocietyinflu・
enceoneanother,andthusaccuratelygrasphowhisbehaviorisinfluencingotherpeopleand
whatkindsofmotivesotherpeoplehavebehindtheirbehavior・Inolherwords,thepurpose
ofT-GroupistoconvincehimthatWhenheassumessomekindofbehavior,1hereexistsa
pIofbundcause・andPeffbctrelationshipbetweenhimandhisbehaviorandlhatitdoesnot
occurbyaccident・Onecangoastepfimherbysayingthatitisaprocessofestablishingthe
participants,subjectivitybyassummgaggressivebehayiorinthecourseoftheirgivingsocial
innuencestoothermembers・Inthissense,T,Groupistomakethemattributetheresultsof
lheirbehaviortothemselves・The1.EscaleistomeasuIethis"wayoflookingatthings,:
TheabovetwothingsarethereasonsWhyweusedthel・EscaleinT-Group・According
totheseIcasons,thehypothesiswhichwillbetestedinUlissmdyisasfbⅡCWS・HyPOZ漣EgZg
ThroughT-Groupexpenences,theparticipantswillattribute,morethanever,theresultsof
theirbehaviortothemselves・InteImsoflheI-Escale,theywilltakeanintemaloriented
approachmorethanever.
Undertheabovehypothesisbwedecidedtointroducethel-EscaleintoaT-Gmupheld
fbrth記edaysinthelatterpartofApril,1976atahi8jlernursingschoolinFukuOka、UsedastraineesweIefbmalestudentsofthesameschool・WiththeexceptionofastudentswhOwas
bominl950,allthetraineeswerebomi、1955.TheyweredividedintotwogroUpS,one
compIizing21andtheother20(callfbImerGroupAandthelatterGroupB).Tjoinedeachofthetwogroups・Entriesintothel-Escaleweremadetwice,duIingtheorientaPtiongivenpIiortothebeginningoftheT,Groupandalsouponthecompletionofthesame6
BefbreexaminingtheresultsoftheT-Groups,letusdiscusstheqUeStionnaire:ntemscompnzingthel,Escaleandhowwerated・
Tablelshowsthe29bitemquestionnairedesignedtomeasurel.E・ThoseitemsmaEkedFarecalled"Filler"itemsusedasaedecoy"desigledtokeeptheSubjectsfromknowingwhat
isgoingtobemeasuIed,andtherefbretheseitemsarenotratedon・Sincelhreare6“Fmef,
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Thel、EScale
F1・a・Child妃ngetintotroublebecausetheirpaェcntspunishthemtoomuch.
b・Thetroublewithmostchildrennowadaysisthattheirparentsarctooeasywiththem、
2.,.Manyoftheunhappythingsinpeople'slivesaエepartlyduetobadluck.b・People,smisfortunesresultfrOmthemistakestheymake、
3.a・Oneofthemajorreasonswhywehavewarisbecausepeopledon'ttakeenoughinterestinpolitics.
⑥、Therewillalwaysbewars,nomatterhowhardpeopletrytopreventthem、4.a・Inthelongrunpeoplegettherespecttheydeserveinthisworld.⑥、Unfortunately,anindividual'sworthoftenpassesunreco四izednomatterhowhard
hetries、
5.a・mleideathatteachersareunfairtostudentsisnonsense.
⑥、Moststudentsdon'trealizetheextenttowhichtheirgradesareinfluencedbyaccidentalhappenmgs、
6.@.Withouttherightbreakesonecannotbeaneffectiveleader.b・Capablepeoplewhofailtobecomeleadershavenottakenadvantageoftheir
opportunities,
7.@.Nomatterhowhardyoutrysomepeoplejustdon'tlikeyou.b・Peoplewhocan,tgetotherstolikethemdOn,tunderstandhowtogetalongwith
others.
F8.a・Heredityplaysthemajorroleindeterminingone,spersonality.b・Itisone,sexpenencesinlifewhichdeterminewhattheyarBlike、
9.,.IhaveoftenfOundthatwhatisgoingtohappenwillhappen.b・TrustingtOfatehasInevertumedoutasweUfbrmeasmakingadecisiontotakea
definitecouI8eOfaction、
10.a・Inthecaseoftheweupreparedstudentthercisrarelyifeversuchathingasanun値irtest.
⑥、Manytimesexamquestionstendtobesounrelatedtocourseworkthatstudyingisreallyuseless、
11.a・Becomingasuccesslsamatterofhardwork,luckhaslittleornothingtodowithit.
⑥.Gettingagoodjobdependsmainlyonbeingintherightplaceattherighttime、12.a・Theaveragecitizencanhaveaninfluenceingovemmentdecisions.
⑥、Thisworldisrunbythefewpeopleinpower,andthereisnotmuchthelittleguycandoaboutit、
13.a・WhenImakeplans,Iamalmostcertainthatlcanmakethemwork.
⑥.ItisnotalwayswisetoplantoofaraheadbecausemanythingStumouttobeamatterofgoodorbadfOrtuneanyhow・
F14.a・TherearBcertainpeoplewhoarejustnogood.b・Thercissomegoodineverybody、
15.a・InmycasegettingwhatIwanthaslittleornothingtodowithluck.
⑥、Manytimeswemightjustaswendecidewhattodobyflippingacom、16.@.Whogetstobethebossoftendependsonwhowasluckyenoughtobeintheright
placefirst.
b・Gettingpeopletodotherightthingdependsuponability,luckhaslittleornothingtodowithit・
Note・一ScaleusedinthisstudywastranslatedintoJapanesebyShirakashi,S、,SeinanGakuin
University.
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Asfarasworldaffairsareconcemed,mostofusaIBthevictimsofforceswecan
neitherunderstand,norcontrol・
Bytakinganactivepartinpoliticalandsocialaffairsthepeoplecancontrolworldevents・
MOstpeopledon,trealizetheextenttowhichtheirlivesarecontroUedbyacclPdentalhappenings・
TherereaUyisnosuchthingas“luck?
Oneshouldalwaysbewillingtoadmitmistakes・
Itisusuallybesttocoverone,smistakes・
Itishardtoknowwhetherornotapersonreallylikesyou・
Howmanyfriendsyouhavedependsuponhowniceapersonyouare・Inthelongrunthebadthingsthathappentousarebalancedbythegoodones、MostmisfOrtunesaretheresultoflackofability,ignorance,laziness,orallthree・Withenougheffectwecanwlpeoutpoliticalcorruption・
ItisdifficultforpeopletohavemuchcontroloverthethingspoliticiansdOinoffice・
SometimesIcan,tunderstandhowteachersarriveatthegradestheygive・Thereisadirectconnectionbetweenhowhardlstudyandthegradeslget・AgOodleaderexpectspeopletodecideforthemselveswhattheyshoulddo・Agoodleadermakesitcleartoeverybodywhattheirjobsare・Manytimeslfeelthatlhavelittleinfluenceoverthethingsthathappentome・
ItisimpossiblefbrmetobelievethatchanceOrluckplaysanimportantroleinmylife・
PeoplearelOnelybecausetheydon,ttrytobefriendly・
Thercisnotmuchuseintryingtoohardtopleasepeople,iftheylikeyou,theylikeyOu・
ThereistoomuchemphasisOnathleticsinhighschool・
TeamspOrtsareanexcenentwaytobuildcharacter・
WhathappenstomeismyowndOing・
SometimeslfeelthatIdOn'thaveenoughcontroloverthedirectionmylifeistaking・
MostofthetimeIcan,tunderstandwhypoliticiansbehavethewaytheydo・
InthelongrunthepeopleareresponsiblefbrbadgovemmentonanationalaswenasOnalocallevel.
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themselves・Now,letuscheckandseewhichitemsparticuladyunderwentchanges・Table
showsthenumberofintemal-orientedchoicesthemembersofGroupAandBtookinregard
toeachofthe29items(notincludinglhe“Fmer"itemsandItem5and21whichwere
consideredtobeinappropriateitemsウ.Table3indicatesthatintemalresponsesincreaSedin
someitems,andconverselyextemalresponsesincreasedinotheritems・Also,insomeitemS
manymembersrespondedtointemalchoices、WhichmeanslhatwecannotjudgeftomTable
3alonepreciselyhowthechangestookplace・Table4showstherateofchanges・Therateof
changecanbeobtainedbythefbllowingfbrmula・GostT-Groupscores-Pre-T-Group
scoresウ÷Pre-T,Groupscores,ThesefiguresIepresentincreases(decreasesinthecaseof
minus)inintemalresponses・ThoseitemswithmuchintemalIesponsesfromthestartshowrathersmallfi邸reseveniflheirintemalresponseshaveincreasedafterT-Group,andthose
itemswhichhaveundergonesubstantialchangeshowrelativelylargefiglres・so,thismakes
iteasiertofindoutaboutthede厚eeofchanges、Inwhatfbnows,wewillexaminethe
responsesindetailaccordingtoTable4.
First,letustakealookatthefiveitems
withthelargestrateofchanges・InGroupA,
Item7showsthelargestfigure,fbllowedby
ltems2,11,18,and6intheordermentioned・
InGroupB,Item7isalsothelargest,fbl戸
lowedbyItemsl8,12,15,6and9inthator‐
der・COmmonbetweenlhetwogmupsarer
tems7,18,and6.Item7comesoutontopin
bdhgroups・Itscontentsare;"Nomatterhow
hardyoutrysomepeoplejustdon,tlikeyou”
(extemal),andTeoplewhocan,tgetotherstolikethemdon,tunderstandhowtoget
alongwithothers”(intemal).Theabove
showsthatmembers,w2ysofthinkinghaye
gottenclosertothelatterview・Inlteml8,
theviewthat・Mostpeopledon'trealizethe
extenttowhichtheirlivesarecontrouedby
accidentalhappenings"(extemal)haschanged
totheviewthat"Therereallyisnosuchthingasluck'”(intemal).InItem6,theviewthat
‘Withouttheri2jltbleakeSonecannotbean
effectiveleader”(extemal)haschangedlhe
viewthat“Capablepeoplewhofailedtobe・
comeleadershavenottakenadvantageof
lheiropportunitieS"(internal).Inthecourse
ofTdGroups,membersexposethemselves,
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probablybecausethefbelingdevelopedthroughtheseexpenencesthattheparticipantcouldundeIstandandtrustotherpersonsifhetriedenoughtodoso,Throu酌inteIplaywithother
persons,hebecamedefinitelyawareofhisownexistenceinthegroup,theIebyestablishinghis"subjecthood?ThiscausedtheItem6concemingleadertotum‘‘intemal"andalsomadetheIteml8conceminglifeingeneralchangeinthe“intemal”djrection・
Somuchfbrthat・Now,letustakealookatthoseitemswhichunderwentchangem
GroupAandB・InGroupA,theItem2concemingunhappythingsinpeople,slivesandthe
Itemllconcemmgsuccesschangedsothattheparticipantscametoattributethesethingsto
theirownconduct・Thesetwoitemsshowthattheparticipantschangedtheirviewinsucha
waythattheynowtriedtorecognizetheirroleinsociety・Thissuggeststhat,likelteml8,
thesubjectswereestablishingtheir必subjecthood"intheirdailylivesandintheiroutlookon
life・InGroupB,Items9,122mdl5underwentchange・Item9concemsmakingadecision
totakedefinitecourseofaction,Iteml2concemsparticipationinpoliticalaffairsandItem
l5concemsfmfIllmentofhishopeordesiIe・AsinGroupA,theseitemsshowlhatthe
participant's“intemal”wayofthinkingwastranslatedintoeventsthathappeninhisdailylife・
SincethemainpuIposeofthispaperistoshowlhat“waysoflookingatthingsthatcan
bemeasuredbymeansoftheI-EscaleundergochangeslhroughT-Groupexpenences,we
onlymentionedthoseitemswhichdrasticallychangedandweprobablywilldiscusslhedetails
ofwhytheychangedonsomeolherfiltuIeoccasions・Also,asshowninTable3and4,there
aresomeitemsinwhichextemalIesponsesmcreased・Itseemsnecessarytoexaminethese,
butwedecidednottoanalyzethematthispointfbrlackofdataotherthanthel-Escale・
TheseproblemsmustbefUrtherscrutinizedinthefUmre,AtwhichpointI・Esurveymustbe
conductedinanotherproblemthatIequiresafUrtherexamination・Inthepaststudiesonthe
effectsofT-Group,someeffectswererecognizedatthetimeT-Groupended,butnostudieshasevershedenou8hlightonwhetherornotalastingchange配sultsfromT-Group,SomereportsindicatedthatsomeparticipantsretumedtothePreT-Groupstateafterlhelapseof
suxmonthsorayear・ItisdeemednecessaIytomakeafbllowbupsurveyafteralapseofsometime・
Letmeclosebystatingmypointofviewthathasdevelopedwhileanalyzingthesedata・
Asmentionedbefbre,datashowthatl,Emmsintemalasexpenenceaccumulatesand
apersongrowsolder・Ourdata(1975)showsthatsupervisorsinindustrialorganizationsaIe
moIeintemalthancollegestudents・However,thedatafromourlaststudyshowthatthe
participant's“wayoflookingatthingS”tumsmoreintemalthroughT、Groupexpenence・
ThisprobablymeansthatT-Groupmayhavetheeffectofprovidingtheparticipantwith
manysocialexpenences(somethjngwhichpeoplecanac叩ireonlybygoingthroughdaily
liveSCVeralongperiodoftimeincondensedfbrm).
ItisoftenthoughtthatthepuIposeofT,Groupistomakea"suprememan"outofthe
participant,True,someofthosecarefUlly・prepaIedT、Grouppro厚amsconductedintheU.S・
andEuropeoveralongperiodoftimemayhaveaccomplishedsuchapuIpose・Admittedly,
thatiswhatweshouldaspiIetoinpursuingT、Groupprograms・However,thatstrikesmeas
averydifficultattempttocreatesomethingthatdoesnotexist・Inthecourseofmyworkof
an副yzingthedata,IhavebeguntofeelthatthereisnothingwrongwiththinkingofT-Group
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15,1,45-55.
ChangeinI-EScoresDuringT-Group
assomethingthataccelerateschanges,Which,givenenoughtimeandexpenence,would
naturallyoccur,bysubjectinglheparticipanttoalotofexpenenceswithinalimitedperiodoftime.
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