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An Evaluation Of Non-Directive Counseling In The Treatment Of Delinquents, George D. Watt
An Evaluation Of Non-Directive Counseling In The Treatment Of Delinquents, George D. Watt
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
It was the purpose of this study to make application of Carl H. Rogers' non-directive method of psychotherapy in the treatment of juvenile delinquents. The study was set up in an effort to determine the value of such a treatment procedure as one method of treating this type of individual.
The hypothesis to be tested was that non-directive psychotherapy would improve the personal and social adjustment of institutionalized delinquents. Supporting this general assumption the following three corollaries were assumed: (1) that improved personal adjustment would be reflected in adjustment inventories, (2) that improved social behavior would be reflected in social …