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During groupthink‘s 25th year, several articles were written regarding the status of the groupthink model. The following articles provide support for the model in addition to Esser‘s (1998) literature review. Paulus (1998) stated that the ―model represents a brilliant construction founded in part on the existing group dynamics literature‖ (p. 371). Raven (1998) ―hope[d] the work by Janis and his followers [would] sensitize policy makers and other decision groups about what they might do to counter the effects of groupthink‖ (p. 360). Raven further stated, ―by and large, the basic principles of groupthink theory have still held strong‖ (p. 359). More recently, Packer (2009) added, ―Longstanding psychological explanations refer to groupthink‖ (p. 546).