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Each year the Group Dynamics editorial board selects one paper published in the past volume year to receive the journal’s Most Valuable Paper award.

Winning papers are selected for their novelty and timely contributions to the science of group psychology and group psychotherapy.

2023

Socially shared affect: Shared affect, affect sharing, and affective processing in groupsopens in new window
by Verlin B. Hinsz and Linh Bui
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
December 2023, Vol. 27, No. 4, 229-256

Using linguistic inquiry and word count software to analyze group interaction language dataopens in new window
by Aimée A. Kane and Lyn M. van Swol
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
September 2023, Vol. 27, No. 3, 188-201

2022

The relevance of group dynamics for understanding the U.S. Capitol insurrectionopens in new window
by Verlin B. Hinsz and Jay W. Jackson
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
September 2022, Vol. 26, No. 3, 288–308

2021

Recent advances in the study of group cohesion
by Donelson R. Forsyth
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
September 2021, Vol. 25, No. 3, 213–228.

2020

Group-level resistance to health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic: A groupthink approach
by Donelson R. Forsyth
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
September 2020, Vol. 24, No. 3, 139-152.

2019

Multilevel measurement models for group collective constructsopens in new window
by Joseph A. Bonito and Joann Keyton
Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice
March 2019, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1-21.

Last updated: March 2023Date created: March 2021