(1) the healing community is supportive
of individuals in it; (2) it must cope with the question
of how much it will impose conformity and whether such imposition is inevitable or necessarily repressive; (3) it has self - awareness; (4) it can adapt to change and growth; (5) it is
small enough to function effectively; (6) in some cases it may be institutionalized to
reach out in love and service to those outside the
group.
In particular, agreements were more likely to be
reached if the
group was comprised
of fewer agents rather than many; if the
group consisted
of a variety
of small and large emitters; and if the perceived
individual threat
of not
reaching an agreement was high.