RT Article T1 The Effects of the Growing Pro-Social Program on Early Maladaptive Schemas and Schema-Related Emotions in Male Young Offenders: a Nonrandomized Trial JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology VO 64 IS 13/14 SP 1422 OP 1442 A1 Rijo, Daniel A1 Brazão, Nélio A1 Miguel, Rita Ramos A1 Paulo, Marlene LA English YR 2020 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738726436 AB This study aimed to test the effects of a 25-session version of the Growing Pro-Social (GPS-25) program over schemas and schema-related emotions in male young offenders. Participants included 123 youth aged between 14 and 19 years, placed in eight Portuguese detention facilities. Youth were allocated to receive GPS (n = 63) or treatment as usual (n = 60), and answered a self-report measure assessing schemas and schema-related emotions at baseline and posttreatment. Two-factor mixed multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA; group change) and the Reliable Change Index (individual change) revealed nonsignificant differences between groups for the schema’s endorsement. Significant differences between groups were found for the schema-related emotions: Treatment participants presented lower scores and/or higher clinical improvements after GPS, when compared with controls. GPS-25 produced change at an emotional level but not in schema’s endorsement, suggesting that longer interventions should be tested in their capability to promote cognitive and emotional change in young offenders. K1 Clinical trials K1 Early maladaptive schemas K1 Disruptive emotions K1 Growing Pro-Social Program K1 Male young offenders DO 10.1177/0306624X20912988