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Human Potential Seminar: A Strategy for Teaching Socially Adaptive Behavior in a Correctional Classroom

NCJ Number
107572
Journal
Journal of Correctional Education Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Dated: (March 1987) Pages: 4-7
Author(s)
M S Hamm
Date Published
1987
Length
4 pages
Annotation
A pretest/posttest control group design was employed to assess the efficacy of a social learning procedure in developing socially adaptive attitudes and behaviors of a population of incarcerated male juvenile delinquents.
Abstract
The experimental manipulation consisted of a series of structured group exercises designed to increase self-affirmation, self-motivation, self-determination, and emphathetic regard for others. The use of the social learning procedure indicates favorable changes in self-concept and a strengthening of the bond between the delinquent and conventional society. In addition, the findings suggest that the social learning procedure was superior to normal programming as a means of affecting institutional behavior. Advantages of use of the procedure are discussed. (Author abstract)

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