TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary study
T2 - Psychological effects of muscle relaxation on juvenile delinquents
AU - Nakaya, Naoki
AU - Kumano, Hiroaki
AU - Minoda, Keiji
AU - Koguchi, Takashi
AU - Tanouchi, Kozo
AU - Kanazawa, Motoyori
AU - Fukudo, Shin
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Kazuhiko Hata of the Department of Psychology, Konan Women’s University, Kobe, Japan, for psychological advice. We thank the Fukuoka Reformatory, Fukuoka, Japan, for participating in this study. We also thank Machiko Watabe of the Department of Behavioral Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, for secretarial work on this study. This study was partially supported by a grant-in-aid for scientific research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture (622–5637–13897021, 7102–6551–15659145) and the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Labor (H13-Chouju-028, H14-Shi-9) of Japan.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The purpose of this study is to test our hypothesis that muscle relaxation Is effective on the psychological well-being of juvenile delinquents. Subjects were 16 juvenile delinquents who had entered a reform school. Subjects were divided into two groups. The muscle relaxation group received muscle relaxation therapy once a week for a total of 4 times. The control group spent an ordinary daily life In the reformatory. Psychological questionnaires used were the Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study (P-F study), the Psychological Stress Response Scale (PSRS), and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). There was a significant Group × Time Interaction of the Group Conformity Rating (GCR) of the P-F study (F [1,14] =10.1, P=0.007). There were no significant interactions In the other psychological subscales. Thus, muscle relaxation therapy may improve frustration tolerance among juvenile delinquents.
AB - The purpose of this study is to test our hypothesis that muscle relaxation Is effective on the psychological well-being of juvenile delinquents. Subjects were 16 juvenile delinquents who had entered a reform school. Subjects were divided into two groups. The muscle relaxation group received muscle relaxation therapy once a week for a total of 4 times. The control group spent an ordinary daily life In the reformatory. Psychological questionnaires used were the Rosenzweig Picture Frustration Study (P-F study), the Psychological Stress Response Scale (PSRS), and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). There was a significant Group × Time Interaction of the Group Conformity Rating (GCR) of the P-F study (F [1,14] =10.1, P=0.007). There were no significant interactions In the other psychological subscales. Thus, muscle relaxation therapy may improve frustration tolerance among juvenile delinquents.
KW - Frustration
KW - Juvenile delinquents
KW - Muscle relaxation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=6344260471&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=6344260471&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1103_6
DO - 10.1207/s15327558ijbm1103_6
M3 - Article
C2 - 15496345
AN - SCOPUS:6344260471
VL - 11
SP - 176
EP - 180
JO - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
SN - 1070-5503
IS - 3
ER -
