Free floating was not observed and limited participation was observed from the new members. Two subgroups were noted. Two men towards the back of the room appeared to have side conversations throughout the session. A clique of three Hispanic women also maintained exchanges during the group. The group workers did not attempt to disintegrate or encouraged either of the subgroups to rejoin the larger group. Cohesion was mostly apparent when the larger group was broken into smaller process groups of 10 group members. It was witnessed that when a woman indicated that she wanted to leave her husband, another group member quickly provided information of a local shelter. According to Toseland and Rivas (2012), sharing resources is also a component of group
Free floating was not observed and limited participation was observed from the new members. Two subgroups were noted. Two men towards the back of the room appeared to have side conversations throughout the session. A clique of three Hispanic women also maintained exchanges during the group. The group workers did not attempt to disintegrate or encouraged either of the subgroups to rejoin the larger group. Cohesion was mostly apparent when the larger group was broken into smaller process groups of 10 group members. It was witnessed that when a woman indicated that she wanted to leave her husband, another group member quickly provided information of a local shelter. According to Toseland and Rivas (2012), sharing resources is also a component of group