The Impact of Length of Stay on Adjudicated Male Youths;' Language Use: Focusing on Linguistic Analysis of Verbal Samples

The primary purpose of the study was to examine the impact of the length of juvenile offenders’ stay in a residential facility on attitudinal changes, measured by language use of 22 participants’ interviews analyzed by using a computerized text tool called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) to...

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Main Authors: Yousun Shin Ph.D., Terry P. Overton Ph.D., Ed.D., Zelica Espinoza M.Ed.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=jhstrp