EFFECTS OF COUNSELING PREPARATION ON THE OUTCOME OF GROUP COUNSELING WITH INSTITUTIONALIZED JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

• NCJ Number: 18929
• Author(s): L A LECKERMAN
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 75 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Annotation

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VICARIOUS COUNSELING PREPARATION, CONSISTING OF A TAPE RECORDING MADE UP OF THREE EXCERPTS OF ACTUAL GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS IS EVALUATED.

Abstract

IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF A PREPARATION-TAPE ON COUNSELING OUTCOME THREE TREATMENT GROUPS AND ONE CONTROL GROUP WERE UTILIZED. THESE GROUPS CONSISTED OF A PREPARATION-COUNSLEING GROUP, A COUNSELING-ONLY GROUP, A PREPARATION-ONLY GROUP, AND A NON-TREATMENT GROUP. THE SUBJECTS WERE TWENTY-EIGHT WHITE MALE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS EACH OF WHOM WAS RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS. THERE WERE TWO DEPENDENT VARIABLES. THE BILL'S INDEX OF ADJUSTMENT AND VALUES (IAV) WAS UTILIZED TO MEASURE THE CONGRUENCE BETWEEN THE PERCEIVED-SELF AND IDEAL-SELF CONCEPTS. ALSO, A FREQUENCY COUNT WAS MADE OF THE NUMBER OF MISCONDUCT REPORTS PRIOR TO AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES. AN ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE AND DUNCAN'S NEW MULTIPLE RANGE TEST WERE UTILIZED TO ANALYZE THE OBTAINED DATA. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY INDICATED THAT: (1) VICARIOUS COUNSELING PREPARATION PLUS COUNSELING WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN COUNSELING ALONE OR PREPARATION ALONE IN INCREASING THE SELF-IDEAL CONGRUENCE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS; (2) NEITHER VICARIOUS PREPARATION PLUS COUNSELING NOR COUNSELING ALONE NOR VICARIOUS PREPARATION ALONE RESULTED IN A CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF MISCONDUCT REPORTS FOR THE SUBJECTS IN THE TREATMENT GROUPS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)