Investigated effects of affective/cognitive empathy training program on empathy level in 24 aggressive adolescent girls in residential treatment center. Experimental group was exposed to training sessions to increase empathy levels. Posttest revealed significant positive relationships between ego development and both affective and cognitive…

Examined effect of locked behavioral/cognitive treatment setting on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Jesness Inventory scores of conduct disordered adolescent inpatients. Pre- and posttest scores for 30 male and 20 female patients showed statistically significant changes on both inventories. Males responded to treatment more…

Examined preferred professional treatment approach at residential treatment center for socially and emotionally maladjusted girls. Clinical, school, and dormitory staff completed questionnaires on psychoanalytic, person-centered, and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Found no significant differences among three groups for each therapy model.…