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22 Canadian J. Criminology 443 (1980)
Low and High Functioning Volunteers in Group Counseling with Anxious and Non-Anxious Prisoners: The Effects of Interpersonal Skills on Group Process and Attitude Change

handle is hein.journals/cjccj22 and id is 449 raw text is: Low and High Functioning Volunteers in Group Counselling With Anxious and Non-Anxious Prisoners: The Effects of Interpersonal Skills on Group Process and Attitude Change1 D.A. ANDREWS2 J.S. WORMITH3 W.J. DAIGLE-ZINN3 DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY CARLETON UNIVERSITY D.J. KENNEDY RIDEAU CORRECTIONAL CENTRE BURRITT'S RAPIDS, ONTARIO S. NELSON DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA La composition d'un groupe de conseil structur6 a court terme, constitu6 de prisonniers choisis au hasard, a t6 variee en y incluant, h titre de coparticipants, des benevoles de l'exterieur qui differaient par leur sens des relations interpersonnelles selon leur entourage. Le savoir-faire des b6n6voles sous ce rapport a influ6 sur le processus d'interaction, sur l'opinion des prisonniers touchant le climat socio-affectif qui r6gnait au sein des groupes et sur l'6volution de 1'attitude des prisonniers. L'am6lio- ration de l'attitude a 6t6 particulibrement manifeste chez les prisonniers moins anxieux que les autres. L'article commente les r6sultats du point de vue de l'importance de la structure sociale des systbmes de service et dans l'optique d'un examen contr616 du principe de l'intimit6 de la communica- tion de la theorie de l'association diff6rentielle. The present study is one in a series of experimental investigations of short-term structured group counselling approaches in prison settings. 5'10 It is the third in the series to explore the conditions under which citizen participation in groups is associated with anti-criminal attitudinal gains among participating prisoners. Andrews, Brown and Wormith6 have outlined the Community Group program wherein approximately equal numbers of prisoners and community volunteers participate together in focused discus- sions, one evening a week for an eight week period, on topics having to do with the law and law violations. An initial study confirmed that participating prisoners were showing anti-criminal gains relative to non-

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