RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEEDS OF YOUNGSTERS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TREATERS - ILLUSTRATIONS OF FACTORS WHICH BEAR UPON MATCHING

• NCJ Number: 11190
• Author(s): T PALMER
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 20 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL MEETING OF THE BIG BROTHERS OF AMERICA, ANAHEIM, CA, JUNE 21, 1967

Annotation

DESCRIPTION OF DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF FOUR TYPES OF YOUTH AND THE STAFF WORKING WITH EACH TYPE AT THE COMMUNITY TREATMENT PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE FIRST TYPE, IMMATURE CONFORMISTS, AS YOUNGSTERS WHO SEE THEMSELVES AS INFERIOR TO OTHERS THEIR AGE. THE SECOND TYPE, UNSOCIALIZED OR LOW MATURITY YOUTHS, IS THE MOST IMMATURE OF ALL YOUTH AT THE PROJECT. THE ANXIOUS NEUROTIC YOUTH IS GUILT-RIDDEN, ANXIETY-FILLED, AND IN CONFLICT AS TO 'WHO HE IS'. THE FOURTH TYPE, ACTING-OUT NEUROTICS, HAS INTERNAL CONFLICTS BUT IS LESS AWARE OF THE DETAILS OF HIS FEELINGS. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES ASSETS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD HAVE THE MOST SUCCESS WORKING WITH EACH TYPE OF YOUTH.