An experiment in social engineering in serving the families of predelinquents
dc.contributor.author | Stuart, Richard B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Tripodi, Tony | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jayaratne, Srinika | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cambiurn, Donald | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T15:01:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T15:01:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1976-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Stuart, Richard B.; Tripodi, Tony; Jayaratne, Sirinika; Cambiurn, Donald; (1976). "An experiment in social engineering in serving the families of predelinquents." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 4(3): 243-261. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44596> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-0627 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-2835 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44596 | |
dc.description.abstract | One hundred and two predelinquent adolescents were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: an experimental condition in which behavioral contracting services were offered both at home and in school or a control condition in which clients were told that they could not be accommodated by project therapists and were informed about the possibility of their receiving treatment in other programs in the community. Most of those who were assigned to the control condition did not avail themselves of services in these other programs. Results indicate that, relative to the controls, the behaviorally treated youth scored small but statistically significant improvement relative to the controls on five measures: ratings of school behavior by the person who originally referred them for service, by their teachers, by their mothers, and by their fathers, and ratings of their parent—child interactions as measured by their mothers. Gains were also reported in mothers' ratings of their children's behavior at home. The failure of significant gains to be made in two measures of school performance grades and attendance is explained by “the failure o f the treatment techniques to over-come an age-related deterioration in these areas found among most children in the participating schools. The failure of fathers to find significant improvement in their relationships with the referred adolescents is viewed as a consequence of unanticipated changes in the intrafamilial balance of power resulting from contracting services. Finally, a subsidiary analysis showed that the contracting service appeared to offer the greatest gain to the demographically defined sub-groups of youths who are among the population-at-risk in many juvenile courts . | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Clinical Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Developmental Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | An experiment in social engineering in serving the families of predelinquents | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Eastern Michigan University, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Weight Watchers International, 800 Community Drive, 11030, Manhasset, New York | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Washington State University, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 972208 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44596/1/10802_2004_Article_BF00917762.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00917762 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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