PROGRAM PLANNING FOR ANTISOCIAL BOYS

• NCJ Number: 15528
• Journal: Social Work Volume: 19 Issue: 6 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1974) Pages: 705-713
• Author(s): J S WODARSKI; G M RUBEIZ; R A FELDMAN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: National Assoc of School Workers
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A STUDY CONDUCTED AT A METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CENTER, FOUND PROGRAM PLANNING TO BE A PERTINENT VARIABLE IN CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF ANTISOCIAL CHILDREN.

Abstract

THE SUBJECTS OF THE STUDY WERE BOYS AGED 8-16 YEARS, WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS ANTISOCIAL. SIX ANTISOCIAL CHILDREN WERE RANDOMLY CHOSEN AND INTEGRATED INTO SIX OTHERWISE PROSOCIAL GROUPS. TEN GROUPS OF CHIDREN, WHO WERE REGULARLY ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, WERE STUDIED AS COMPARISON GROUPS. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED DISCUSSION, 'IT' GAMES, TEAM SPORTS, SWIMMING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, SPECIAL EVENTS, WRITTEN ACTIVITIES, AND TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES, NON-PARTICIPANT OBSERVERS MEASURED THE FREQUENCIES OF PROSOCIAL, NONSOCIAL, AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR FOR EACH CHILD. EVALUATION OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES INDICATED THAT VERBAL AND TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES HAD THE HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR. THERE WAS AN ABSENCE OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR DURING FREE SWIMMING. THE RECREATION-ORIENTED TREATMENT METHODS WERE MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE ANTISOCIAL CHILDREN THAT WERE THE HIGHLY VERBAL THERAPIES.