The relationship between perceived control beliefs and treatment outcome with chronic adolescent offenders, who exhibit internalizing or externalizing behavior problems was explored. Perceived control was addressed by assessing perceived contingency and perceived competence separately. / Data from the records of 307 students committed to a state training school for hardcore delinquents were examined. Students were males between the ages of 14 to 18. / The results of this study support the importance of considering domains of perceived control. The efficacy of using two types of measures of perceived control for predicting treatment outcome is supported. The use of two measures of perceived control for different types of disorders is not strongly supported, at least with chronic adolescent offenders. / This study has implications for treatment and research. Two important points for treatment include: (1) working through denial of behavior problems is essential to treatment gain; (2) focusing on the view that one is responsible for successes and for resolving their problems appears important for treatment gain. Additional research is indicated to further clarify the efficacy of making the distinction between perceived contingency and perceived competence beliefs for internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Research is also indicated to determine which therapies are effective in changing perceived control beliefs with chronic adolescent offenders. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-08, Section: A, page: 2868. / Major Professor: Wallace A. Kennedy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76460 |
| Contributors | Swenson, Cynthia Cupit., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 64 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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