GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHODRAMA IN PRISON
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In 1951, Corsini, based on his experience in four penal institutions over a period of fifteen years, and on his observation of some fifty group therapists, expressed the view that only psychodrama approached individual therapy.' This appraisal was made approximately a quarter of a century after Moreno first employed psychodrama in a New York State Penitentiary and in a correctional institution for delinquent girls.2 Although the use of psychodrama and role playing had developed considerably in the areas . of Mental Health, Industry, and Education in the course of these twenty five years, they had not been employed extensively in our penal institutions.
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1 Raymond Corsini, "The Method of Psychodrama in Prison," Group Psychotherapy, Vol. III (Mar. 1951), pp. 321-326.
2 J . L. Moreno, Who Shall Survive?, pp. 454-547. a Lloyd W. McCorkle, "The Present Status of Group Therapy in United States Correctional Institutions." International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 3 (Jan. 1953). 4 J. L. Moreno, ibid., pp. 219-523.
5 Norman Fenton, The Delinquent Boy and the Correctional School, Progress- Bulletin, Pomona, California, 1935, pp. 125-126. 0 powns, G. R., "Dramatic Instruction in Correction Schools for Boys." Master's Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1931, as quoted by Norman Fenton, ibid., p. 126.
7 Frank J. Curran, "The Drama as a Therapeutic Measure in Adolescents," American Journal of Orhopsychiatry, Vol. 9 (Jan. 1939), pp. 215-231.
8 Rudolf Lassner, "Playwriting and Acting as Diagnostic-Therapeutic Techniques with Delinquents." Journal of Clinical Psychology (Oct. 1947), pp. 349-356.
9 Walter Bromberg and Girard H. Franklin, "The Treatment of Sexual Deviates with Group Psychodrama," Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 5 (Mar. 1952), pp. 274-292.
10 • G. Eliasberg, "Group Treatment of Homosexuals on Probation," Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 7 (Dec. 1954), pp. 218-226.
11 Raymond J. Corsini, "Group Psychotherapy with a Hostile Group," Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 7 (Jan. 1954), pp. 168-173.
12 J. L. Moreno, ibid., pp. 521-529.
13 Ruth Borden, "The Use of Psychodrama in an Institution for Delinquent Girls" Socivmetry, Vol. III (Jan. 1940), pp. 81-90.
14 Rudolf Lassner, "Psychodrama in Prison," Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 3 (April 1950), pp. 77-91.
15 J. L. Moreno, ibid., pp. 497, 531-542.
16 J. L. Moreno, Psychodrama, Vol. I. The techniques and instruments were used in the same manner as described in this book and in Who ShaJl Survive?
17 James M. Enneis, "The Dynamics of Group and Action Processes in Therapy." Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 4 (April 1951), for a discussion of the major types of warm-up,
18 The Role Test was rated by three judges who were Probation Officers as well as graduate students at New York University. Interjudge reliability was: t , , 8 4 ; t , 4 .80; and 1 , 4 .82.
19 Observed value of t is 1.86 which is greater than 1.68, the tabulated entry for a one-sided test with level of significance equal to .05. For discussion of one-sided tests of hypotheses see H. M. Walker and J. Lev, Statistical Inference, pp. 60-63. Table is on p. 465.
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