MAPPING THE INTERPERSONAL UNDERWORLD - A STUDY ON CENTRAL ROLES AND THEIR SCRIPTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-ANALYTIC GROUPS

This study focuses on development of self-analytic groups as a sequenc e of specific social realities. Assuming that the ''cast'' (compositio n) of a group is a determining factor in its actual enactment of this sequence of social realities, the question arises whether group member s, who performed specific central roles on the various ''stages'' of g roup development, can be differentiated in terms of their ''role scrip ts''. The theoretical model conceptually connecting stages, roles, and scripts, is presented first. Discriminant analysis on questionnaire p rofiles of 60 graduate students shows that the 4 hypothesized groups o f (observed) actors (dependency leader disciplinarian, conciliator and nonconformer) are indeed significantly different However, a solution with 10 different types shows better results: shaper, isolate, weak si bling, saboteur, organizer tyrant, hero, leader idol, and seducer as w e labeled them Finally, as a heuristic attempt to generate more specif ic hypotheses for future studies, compositions of the role scripts are made.