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