title: Impact of a Dialectic Behavior Therapy-Corrections Modified (DBT-CM) upon behaviorally challenged incarcerated male adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article reports the findings of a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy-Corrections Modified (DBT-CM) intervention upon difficult-to-manage, impulsive, and/or aggressive incarcerated male adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  A secondary analysis of a subsample of 38 male adolescents who participated in the study was conducted. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used; descriptive statistics and t-tests were conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant changes were found in physical aggression, distancing coping methods, and number of disciplinary tickets for behavior.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study supports the value of DBT-CM for the management of incarcerated male adolescents with difficult-to-manage aggressive behaviors.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing/Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut, USA. deborah.shelton@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shelton
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kesten
authors.forename: Wanli
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trestman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult