Self-Management During Counseling Sessions - The Behavioral Assessment of Processes

• NCJ Number: 83658
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1982) Pages: 204-216
• Author(s): W Friesen; D Andrews
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 13 pages
• Grant Number(s): 410-80-0729; 410-78-0027
• Sponsoring Agency: Law Reform Cmssn of Canada; Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services; Canada Solicitor General; Canada Solicitor General; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The social learning model of behavioral self-management provides a promising base for the assessment of intra-and interindividual differences in self-control. Assessments of the anticriminal efforts of probationers were made from audiotapes of counseling sessions.

Abstract

The assessments proved to be reliable, to correlate with several relevant attitude and personality measures and were more predictive of postprogram recidivism. The application of specific self-regulation skills were more predictive than were general plans or expressions of values supportive of self-management. (Publisher abstract)