EFFECT OF SHORT-TERM GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ON THE INTRA-INSTITUTIONAL BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE FELONS

• NCJ Number: 2500
• Author(s): N G MANDEL; H B VINNES
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 39 pages
• Corporate Author: Minnesota Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

EFFECTS OF GROUP THERAPY ON A SAMPLE OF FEMALE FELON INMATES AT A MINNESOTA STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.

Abstract

THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP ATTENDED WEEKLY GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY SESSIONS FOR A SIX MONTH PERIOD, WHILE A COMPARABLE GROUP, DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS TREATMENT MEDIUM. A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS 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 WERE NEGATIVE. THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY, A BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE, AND THE SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE REVEALED NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS FOLLOWING THE PSYCHOTHERAPY EXPERIENCE. STATISTICAL DATA AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDED.