TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS IN AN ALCOHOL SAFETY PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 41664
• Journal: Social Work Volume: 22 Issue: 3 Dated: (MAY 1977) Pages: 209-213
• Author(s): S H CLAYTON; R L DUNBAR
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: National Assoc of School Workers
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE TAKES A LOOK AT HOW A TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM CAN HELP PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRUNK DRIVING.

Abstract

TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS(TA) ATTEMPTS TO CREATE SITUATIONS CHARACTERIZED BY AN EGALITARIAN RATHER THAN AUTHORITARIAN ATMOSPHERE TO PROMOTE REHABILITATION. ITS OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO PERSUADE CLIENTS TO BEHAVE IN A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER, BUT RATHER TO INCREASE THEIR SELF-BELIEFS SO THAT THEY CAN BEHAVE IN A PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER. UNDER THE ALCOHOL SAFETY PROGRAM, THE CLIENTS REFLECTED A TREND AWAY FROM EARLIER NEGATIVELY MANIPULATIVE AND JUDGMENTAL BEHAVIOR. ALTHOUGH, THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT, MIRACLE CURES OF COMPLEX HABITS LIKE DRUNKEN DRIVING CANNOT BE ACHIEVED IN A SHORT-TERM PERIOD, THE PROGRAM REFLECTED NO DIFFERENCE IN THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM BETWEEN THE TA APPROACH AND OTHERS... .BDS