Preliminary study: psychological effects of muscle relaxation on juvenile delinquents.
The purpose of this study is to test our hypothesis that muscle relaxation is effective on the psychological well-being of juvenile delinquents. Subjects were 16 juvenile delinquents who had entered a reform school. Subjects were divided into two groups. The muscle relaxation group received muscle relaxation therapy once a week for a total of 4 times. The control group spent an ordinary daily life in the reformatory. Psychological questionnaires used were the Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study (P-F study), the Psychological Stress Response Scale (PSRS), and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). There was a significant Group Time interaction of the Group Conformity Rating (GCR) of the P-F study (F [1,14] =10.1, P=0.007). There were no significant interactions in the other psychological subscales. Thus, muscle relaxation therapy may improve frustration tolerance among juvenile delinquents.
Nakaya
Naoki
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Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. nakaya-thk@umin.ac.jp
Kumano
Hiroaki
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Minoda
Keiji
K
Koguchi
Takashi
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Tanouchi
Kozo
K
Kanazawa
Motoyori
M
Fukudo
Shin
S
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D012114:Residential Treatment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome