NCJ Number
40157
Journal
OFFENDER REHABILITATION Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (FALL 1976) Pages: 101-113
Date Published
1976
Length
13 pages
Annotation
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO LOOK AT THE BEHAVIORAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY UNDER TYPICAL CONDITIONS AT WISCONSIN STATE PRISON (THE MAXIMUM SECURITY, ADULT MALE PRISON FOR WISCONSIN.
Abstract
THE EXPERIMENT CONSISTED OF RANDOMLY ASSIGNING A SUBJECT POOL TO EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL CONDITIONS. EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS WERE THEN OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN GROUP THERAPY. SUBJECTS WERE ALSO PRETESTED TO MEASURE THEIR MOTIVATION AND NEED FOR THERAPY. LATER, THE 46 EXPERIMENTALS AND 46 CONTROLS WERE COMPARED IN STUDY RESULTS INDICATED THAT EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS SHOWED SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT. NEED FOR THERAPY CORRELATED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT, AND MOTIVATION FOR THERAPY CORRELATED WITH THERAPY ATTENDANCE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. HOWEVER, SUBJECTS WHO HAD LOW MOTIVATION AND NEED FOR THERAPY SHOWED JUST AS MUCH GAIN FROM THERAPY AS DID SUBJECTS WITH HIGH MOTIVATION AND NEED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...ELW