Exploration of a live-together-group-together paradigm with incarcerated drug offenders.
Prisoners who both participated in biweekly, biracial therapy groups and lived together in large cubicles were compared with prisoners who grouped but did not live together. Results suggested: (1) greater group cohesion among inmates who lived and grouped together, (2) greater acceptance of Blacks by Whites exposed to the cubicle system, and (3) that the structure of measures used in studies of this nature may affect results appreciably. Implications for correctional treatment and future research are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D011330:Prisons; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*