Evaluations of treatment techniques by delinquent and disturbed adolescents1
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
- Vol. 9 (3) , 220-223
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15374418009532994
Abstract
Delinquent and disturbed adolescent clients differed in their evaluations of treatment techniques. Disturbed adolescents saw their problems as psychological and familial and endorsed traditional “talking”; psychotherapy. Delinquent adolescents saw their problems as social and financial andprefer‐red an active, directive, concrete approach. The groups agreed in rejecting any “manipulative friendship”; elements in a helping relationship, condemning inauthenticity, violations of trust, and therapist attempts to be a peer. Adolescents’ evaluations of the causes and treatment of their problems may represent an important variable in avoiding problematic “mismatches”; in psychotherapy.Keywords
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