Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Clinical Trial
. 2011 May;24(2):105-13.
doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2011.00275.x.

Impact of a Dialectic Behavior Therapy-Corrections Modified (DBT-CM) upon behaviorally challenged incarcerated male adolescents

Deborah Shelton  1 , Karen Kesten, Wanli Zhang, Robert Trestman
Affiliations
Clinical Trial

Impact of a Dialectic Behavior Therapy-Corrections Modified (DBT-CM) upon behaviorally challenged incarcerated male adolescents

Deborah Shelton et al. J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2011 May.

Abstract

Purpose: This article reports the findings of a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy-Corrections Modified (DBT-CM) intervention upon difficult-to-manage, impulsive, and/or aggressive incarcerated male adolescents.

Methods: A secondary analysis of a subsample of 38 male adolescents who participated in the study was conducted. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used; descriptive statistics and t-tests were conducted.

Results: Significant changes were found in physical aggression, distancing coping methods, and number of disciplinary tickets for behavior.

Conclusion: The study supports the value of DBT-CM for the management of incarcerated male adolescents with difficult-to-manage aggressive behaviors.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Aldridge AA, Roesch SC. Developing coping typologies of minority adolescents: A latent profile analysis. Journal of Adolescence. 2008;31(4):499–517. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Berzins LG, Trestman RL. The development and implementation of dialectical behavior therapy in forensic settings. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 2004;3(1):93–103.
    1. Boekaerts M. Coping with stress in childhood and adolescence. In: Zeidner M, Endler NS, editors. Handbook of coping: Theory, research, applications. John Wiley & Sons; Oxford, England: 1996. pp. 452–484.
    1. Buss AH, Perry M. The aggression questionnaire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1992;63:452–459. - PubMed
    1. Carver CS, Scheier MF, Weintraub JK. Assessing coping strategies: A theoretically based approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1989;56:267–283. - PubMed

Publication types