Citation

Jeness CF. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 1975; 43(6): 758-779.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/h0078109

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Youth Center Research Project studied the effectiveness of two different treatment programs with 983 adjudicated delinquents assigned by random procedures to two institutions, one of whose programs was based on transactional analysis (O. H. Close School) and the other on the principles of behavior modification (Karl Holton School). The results summarized here suggest that institutions can be run so that most residents change for the better. Improvement on psychological measures favored the transactional analysis program; the behavior ratings slightly favored the behavioral program. Parole follow-up showed no differences in the revocation rates of the two programs, but subjects from both were doing significantly better than comparison groups of the same age assigned to other institutions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)