- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The effect of aftercare attendance on the level of deviant behavior and depression among former adolescent patients, 1989
- Creator:
- Alessandroni, Mark Thomas
- Date of Original:
- 1989-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The overall objective of this study is to determine the difference between two groups of adolescents who received treatment at the HCA Parkway Comprehensive Adolescent Center, in terms of number of aftercare groups attended and level of deviant behavior and depression. A causal comparative research design was employed in this study of 30 former adolescent patients who returned the mailed questionnaire. Of the respondants, 13 had attended 10 or more aftercare groups, while 17 had attended less than 10 groups. Analysis of the data relied mainly on the use of a two tailed T- test. No significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of deviant behavior or depression. The lack of significant difference was tentatively associated with the small rate of response and the lack of representation by some segments of the population. There is a discussion of certain variables like family problems, in which a difference between groups was observed.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_alessandroni_mark_thomas
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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