Enhancing the Wellbeing of Incarcerated Females: A Pilot Study

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Positive Psychotherapy
at risk youth
incarceration
females
prison
women
drug addiction
wellbeing
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Piloting the Group Positive Psychotherapy program (Seligman, Rashid & Parks, 2006) with dually diagnosed mothers age 13 to 22, who are under penal supervision; this project will attempt to counter traditional interventions by increasing positive emotion, meaning and engagement. Phase 1: The program will be administered over 7 a week period to 20 professional staff members. Measures on approaches to happiness and quality of life will be taken pre and post intervention. Phase 2: The program will be administered over a 6 week period to a group of 24 residential clients. Measures on depression and quality of life will be taken pre and post intervention.

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2007-07-21
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Lewis, Sandra C. (2007) Enhancing the Wellbeing of Incarcerated Females: A Pilot Study. Unpublished masters thesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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