TY - JOUR
T1 - Can We Hasten Development? Effects of Treatment on Psychosocial Maturity
AU - Riggs Romaine, Christina L.
AU - Kemp, Kathleen
AU - Giallella, Christy L.
AU - Goldstein, Naomi E.S.
AU - Serico, Jennifer
AU - Kelley, Sharon
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The research was supported, in part, by Grant Number K23 MH 070400 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Research continues to highlight factors associated with developmental immaturity, including persistent delinquency. This article examines whether aspects of developmental immaturity, psychosocial maturity, and emotion regulation are responsive to therapeutic intervention. Fifty-seven female youth in secure residential juvenile justice facilities participated in a randomized controlled trial of the Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls, an intervention that targets skills relevant to psychosocial maturity, including problem-solving, coping, and emotion regulation. Participants in JJAM showed increases in temperance, providing evidence that intervention might stimulate psychosocial development. Implications for treatment, evaluation, and measurement of psychosocial maturity are discussed.
AB - Research continues to highlight factors associated with developmental immaturity, including persistent delinquency. This article examines whether aspects of developmental immaturity, psychosocial maturity, and emotion regulation are responsive to therapeutic intervention. Fifty-seven female youth in secure residential juvenile justice facilities participated in a randomized controlled trial of the Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls, an intervention that targets skills relevant to psychosocial maturity, including problem-solving, coping, and emotion regulation. Participants in JJAM showed increases in temperance, providing evidence that intervention might stimulate psychosocial development. Implications for treatment, evaluation, and measurement of psychosocial maturity are discussed.
KW - impulsivity
KW - juvenile justice
KW - psychosocial maturity
KW - randomized controlled trial
KW - treatment
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U2 - 10.1177/0306624X17735720
DO - 10.1177/0306624X17735720
M3 - Article
C2 - 29020818
AN - SCOPUS:85041897068
SN - 0306-624X
VL - 62
SP - 2857
EP - 2876
JO - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
JF - International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
IS - 9
ER -