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" J. L. Moreno is said to be the originator of the methods and the principles of group psychotherapy, sociometry, psychodrama, and sociodrama (see The American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama page at http://www.asgpp.org). He also endeavored to develop a research field called sociatry (perhaps coined after psychiatry) which went through various re-definitions to emerge as a broad area of research interested in action-oriented interventions for group and inter-group therapy, training of social skills, and education (Gazda, et al., 1997). Elements of Moreno�s methodological thinking can be gleaned from the types of research problem he was dealing with.
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J. L. Moreno�s research thinking involves the notion of the psychological geography of human society, also referred to as the social structure in his writings (Moreno, 1937b). He attempted to formalise his research thinking in various ways, one of which is captured by the methodological formulation of sociometry...."