FIRO-B scores and success in a positive peer-culture residential treatment program.
FIRO-B Wanted Inclusion, Wanted Affection, and Total scores discriminated between 28 adolescent boys who would be successful graduates of a positive peer-culture residential program and 29 who would not. Successful graduates had higher mean scores on these scales. Successful and unsuccessful residents did not differ in scores on Exner Rorschach Experience Balance, Experienced Stimulation, or Adjusted D. Likewise they did not differ in Verbal IQ or age. Openness to social relationships may be an important variable in assessing for whom group-based treatment will work. Where the capacity for relatedness is not present, staff in a group-based program may have to recognize and treat this if the program is to succeed.
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Department of Family and Child Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1030, USA. boblee@msu.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011379:Prognosis; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D016896:Treatment Outcome