Citation

Dougherty AM, Horne AM. Crim. Justice Behav. 1977; 4(3): 273-284.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/009385487700400305

PMID

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Abstract

The use of advice-giving, Adlerian interpretation, and analytically derived interpretation with regard to their perceived helpfulness was investigated by having subjects view a videotape of eight role-played counseling segments. The videotape presented problem statements by a role-playing adolescent followed by a role-playing counselor who made three separate responses to the statements. Subjects were 20 internally and 20 externally controlled incarcerated youth who ranked the three counselor responses of each segment from most helpful to least helpful. Both internally and externally controlled subjects tended to rank Adlerian interpretation and analytically derived interpretation as less helpful than advice-giving in this quasi-counseling situation. Cautions concerning the use of the two types of interpretation with this type of subject are made.

Keywords: Juvenile justice

Language: en