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Positive Peer Culture has been a popular peer group intervention strategy for delinquent youth for about the last 12 years. Questions have been raised, however, regarding the effectiveness of peer group approaches. The present study addresses the effective change in self-concept of 231 adjudicated delinquents in positive peer culture treatment.
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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Ken Stafford in the data collection and Colleen Renier in data analysis.
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Davis, G.L., Hoffman, R.G. & Quigley, R. Self-concept change and positive peer culture in adjudicated delinquents. Child Youth Care Forum 17, 137–145 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01083856
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