The Impact of a Juvenile Awareness Program on Select Personality Traits of Male Clients

Investigators have speculated that juvenile deterrence programs run by prison inmates may cause psychological harm to the delinquents they serve. To test the validity of this concern, the effects of a two-session juvenile awareness program were experimentally tested using a small sample of boys in ? residential treatment program for delinquents d28). Subscales of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis, and Levenson's locus of control scare were used In a pretest-posttest design to measure 13 traits thought to contribute to delinquent personality. Nine of 13 hypotheses were confirmed. An analysis of covariance showed that internal locut of control had increased significantly (p < .05). Chance expectation and social self concept decreased significantly (p < .05). The implications of these findings for juvenile awareness programs are rthrunwl