INVESTIGATION OF SELF-CONCEPT DIFFERENCES AND THE USE OF GROUP COUNSELING WITH INCARCERATED AND NONINCARCERATED JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

• NCJ Number: 25604
• Author(s): D G ECKSTEIN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 11 pages
• Sale Source: Eric Document Reproduction Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 1973 AMERICAN PERSONNEL AND GUIDANCE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONVENTION

Annotation

RESULTS OF A STUDY WHICH INVESTIGATED WHETHER GROUP COUNSELING IS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF HELPING JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND COMPARED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SELF CONCEPT IN INCARCERATED AND NON-INCARCERATED DELINQUENTS.

Abstract

TWO EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS RECEIVED EIGHT WEEKS OF GROUP COUNSELING ONCE A WEEK FOR THREE HOURS, AND WERE COMPARED TO TWO CONTROL GROUPS ON A PRE-POSTTEST OF THE TENNESSEE SELF CONCEPT SCALE (TSCS). AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF GROUP COUNSELING INDICATED THAT NONE OF THE SELF-CONCEPT VARIABLES SIGNIFICANTLY DISTINGUISHED THE COUNSELED GROUPS. HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING TRENDS WERE NOTED: (1) THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP HAD 71 PERCENT OF THE MOST POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPT CHANGES; (2) THERE WERE NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NONINCARCERATED EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUP AS TO THE AMOUNT OF MOST POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPT CHANGES: AND (3) THE INCARCERATED EXPERIMENTAL GROUP HAD SLIGHTLY MORE POSITIVE SELF-CONCEPT CHANGES THAN DID THE NONINCARCERATED EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. THE AUTHOR OFFERS SEVERAL POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN USING GROUP COUNSELING WITH JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)