TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Cognitive training for delinquents within a residential service in Japan
JO  - Children and youth services review
A1  - Miyaguchi, Koji
A1  - Matsuura, Naomi
A1  - Shirataki, Sadaaki
A1  - Maeda, Kiyoshi
SP  - 1762
EP  - 1768
VL  - 34
IS  - 9
N2  - This study evaluated the effectiveness of cognitive training for juvenile delinquents (CTD) with intellectual disabilities (ID)/borderline intellectual functioning (BIF) admitted to a residential service. The participants were assigned to either a CTD group (n = 12) or a waiting list control group (n = 12). The CTD was conducted for 16 weeks, and both groups took part in pre-, post-, and follow-up testing. Compared to the control group, the CTD group demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive functions, and these improvements were maintained at 3-month follow-up. These results suggest that juvenile delinquents with ID/BIF are responsive to cognitive training and that their ID/BIF was related to external factors such as a negative environment with stimulus deprivation and failure to obtain adequate special educational services. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW: Juvenile justice; Juvenile delinquency;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0190-7409
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.05.013
ID  - ref1
ER  -