50 T-group volunteers who experienced a 24-hr. sensitivity training weekend were compared with a group of 55 student volunteers who had no training. Both groups responded to the Personal Orientation Inventory, a measure of self-actualization, in a pre-post, 6-wk., follow-up design. The T-groups were led by 10 paraprofessionals. Volunteers were found after training to be guided more by their own internal values, feelings and goals, and less controlled by external influences than were nonparticipants. This level of inner directedness or self-actualization was still significantly higher 6 wk. after the training weekend.
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