MINNESOTA - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - EFFECTS OF SHORT TERM GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ON THE INTRA-INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE FELONS

• NCJ Number: 13849
• Author(s): N G Mandel; H B Vinnes
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 40 pages
• Corporate Author: Minnesota Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

NO SIGNIFICANT BEHAVORIAL EFFECTS ARE OBSERVED AS THE RESULT OF TREATMENT OF FEMALE INMATES AT A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN MINNESOTA.

Abstract

THIS RESEARCH EFFORT WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF GROUP THERAPY ON A SAMPLE OF FEMALE FELON INMATES AT A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP ATTENDED WEEKLY GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY SESSIONS FOR A SIX MONTH PERIOD, WHILE THE CONTROL GROUP DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS TREATMENT MEDIUM. THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY, A BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE, AND THE SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE WERE USED TO MEASURE POSSIBLE CHANGE. MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN PRIOR TO THE STUDY, DURING THE STUDY, AND AT THE TERMINATION OF THE PROJECT. THE FINDINGS REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS FOLLOWING THE PSYCHOTHERAPY EXPERIENCE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)