NCJ Number
108038
Journal
Journal of Counseling Psychology Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Dated: (1986) Pages: 45-51
Date Published
1986
Length
7 pages
Annotation
The research was conducted in a school servicing an institutionalized delinquent and predelinquent population and in a day school program servicing a similar but noninstitutionalized population.
Abstract
In each facility, the moral discussion group process was compared with a placebo group that received a values clarification program, which was similar to the moral discussion group approach, and a control group, which received no treatment. The results indicated that the moral discussion group had a significant impact on the moral reasoning ability of delinquent and predelinquent adolescents as compared with a placebo group and a control group. The findings also indicated that gains in moral reasoning do not necessarily lead to improved classroom behaviors. (Author abstract)