The Hawthorne Effect in Group Therapy

Richard F. Riedel
Sociology282 Methods of data collection
Dr. Sonnad
Individual Term Paper/Observation
11/16/2003
3.0 Hrs.














The Hawthorne Effect and Its impact on
Adolescents in group recovery























Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to show how implementing the Hawthorne effect can have a profound impact on adolescents in group therapy. Working with adolescents in any field can be excruciatingly difficult. Working with adolescents in drug recovery programs can prove mind numbing. For the remainder of this paper I will share my experience with such a group of individuals and how implementing The Human Relations Model (Hawthorne Effect) proved beneficial in early recovery from drugs. Adolescents, as stated above, can be difficult to work with. This is true in the world of addiction therapy also. For this reason I choose to conduct an experiment with nine individuals with the intent of helpin...