TY - JOUR PY - 1975// TI - Comparative Effectiveness of Behavior Modification and Transactional Analysis Programs for Delinquents JO - Journal of consulting and clinical psychology A1 - Jeness, Carl F. SP - 758 EP - 779 VL - 43 IS - 6 N2 - 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)
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