Evaluation Title
Promoting Positive Change
Type of evaluation
Data type Qualitative
Key indicators Anger management, Communication skills, Listening skills, Relationships with staff
Methodologies Emotion Scale, Interviews, Pre and post programme measures
Research limitations Access to participants
Summary of evaluation
This report looked at the longer-term benefits of taking part in Good Vibrations. The researchers found that participants in Good Vibrations courses maintained the positive benefits six to nine months on, and in particular that participants experienced:
- Greater levels of engagement and an increased openness to wider learning
- Improved listening and communication skills
- Improved social skills and increased social interaction
- Improved relationships with prison staff
- Decreased levels of self-reported anger and a greater sense of calmness.
Key Quote
The study concluded that participating in a Good Vibrations project has a sustained and positive emotional and psychological impact on participants, leading to positive behavioural change. This suggests that expanded support for innovative projects like Good Vibrations would have significant benefits for prisons and the prison system as a whole.
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Organisation
Good VibrationsCJS Context
PrisonProject venues
Region
Evaluating organisation
Authors
David Wilson
Susie Atherton
Laura Caulfield
Conducted:
Published: 2008
Type: Academic Institution report
