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An Investigation of the Treatment of Adolescent Social Difficulty in a Community-based Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Mary F. Jackson  and
John S. Marzillier
Mary F. Jackson*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Hollymoor Hospital, Birmingham
John S. Marzillier*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham
*
*Now at Greaves Hall Hospital, Banks, Southport.
**Now at The Warneford Hospital, Oxford.
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This study reports an evaluation of the effectiveness of a communitybased treatment for adolescents with social difficulties. In an earlier study (Jackson and Marzillier, 1982) we described how a therapeutic youth club was set up and subjected to preliminary evaluation. In this study we report on findings from a controlled evaluation in which adolescents with social difficulty were randomly assigned to two conditions, the therapeutic youth club and a waiting list control condition. Change was assessed on a range of measures including self report measures of social problems, a conversation test, social diaries, a self-esteem inventory and parent questionnaires. While the youth club proved to be a success in practical terms, the results of this study failed to demonstrate its superiority to waiting list control procedures. The results suggest that further evaluation of this type of delivery of therapeutic services is necessary.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 302 - 319
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1983

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