This study examined the effects of a self-actualizing small group training program on university female students, level of self-actualization. Eighteen female students who obtained the low level of measured self-actualization volunteered to participate in the self-actualizing small group training program which was to foster the psychological development and self-actualization.
Participants were randomly and equally assigned to the self-actualizing training experimental group and nontreatment control group. Members in the experimental group participated twelve 90-minute sessions, while partcipants in control group no treatment. Group leader used two main techniques(self-disclosure and feedback), and presented topic and purposes, gave a lecture about topic, explained the gist of group activities, and directed group activities in every session. Group norms focused on here-and-now experiences,Ⅰ-and-Thou relations and feeling level feed-backs.
Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) paraphrased and standardized by Kim and Lee (1977) was administered to all participants before and after group experiences.
Findings revealed significant positive prepost changes on overall measures of self-actualization in experimental group. A Comparison between experimental group and control group with posttest Tc+Ⅰ scores indicated significant positive changes for experimental group.