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Mielitz, Kate; MacDonald, Maurice – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2021
There are numerous factors associated with successful reentry, but one that has not yet been addressed is financial behavior after release. This study used a primary data set collected in the fall of 2017. The theory of planned behavior was applied to investigate post-release financial behavioral intentions of men and women approaching return to…
Descriptors: Money Management, Risk, Transitional Programs, Correctional Institutions
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Larson, Sheryl; Lakin, Charlie; Hill, Shannon – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2012
This article reviews 43 U.S. studies assessing adaptive and challenging behavior outcomes associated with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who moved from institutions to community residential settings. These studies were published between 1977 and 2010. Longitudinal and comparison group studies were selected based on a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Developmental Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Retardation
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Jaffe, Peter G.; Carlson, Peter M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study investigated the potential of modeling or observational learning in resocializing asocial psychiatric patients. Patients received one of three treatments: modeling, instructions, or attention. The effects of the treatment indicated that the modeling and instruction groups were of equal impact and superior to the attention group.…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Institutionalized Persons
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Hirsch, Carol S. – Gerontologist, 1977
A senior center activities program was made accessible to nursing home patients through a project called Centercare. Nursing home patients (N=144) from seven different institutions made 4370 senior center visits over a 33-month period. Project results indicate a senior center can successfully provide the institutionalized elderly with social and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Gerontology, Institutionalized Persons, Interaction Process Analysis
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Kadlec, Mary Beth; Cermak, Sharon A. – Adoption Quarterly, 2002
Compared activity and behaviors of 36- to 82-month-olds adopted from Romanian orphanages and with varying lengths of institutionalization (more than 6 months or less than 2 months) with those of age- and gender-matched American-born control groups. Found that each Romanian group exhibited more problems in activity level, organization, and…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders