title: Rational behavior training effectiveness for white and nonwhite incarcerated felons.
abstract: 45 incarcerated male felons in a medium-security state correctional institution participated in a Rational Behavior Training treatment outcome study. 58% of the subjects were white, 18% were African-American, 17% were Hispanic, and 7% were classified as other. Subjects were selected from an institutional group-therapy waiting list and randomly assigned to one of four group facilitators. The Novaco Provocation Inventory, Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory, and Rational Behavior Training Concepts Test were administered before and after the 10-wk. treatment period. No differences in gain scores (pretest minus posttest) were observed although the slightly greater improvement on the concepts test by subjects of ethnic minority encourages further study.
authors.affiliation: California School of Professional Psychology, Fresno.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Orling
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011330:Prisons; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*