EQUIP Program: Evaluation Data for a Youth Behavioral Intervention

A 1993 evaluation study involved 57 boys aged 15-18 in a juvenile corrections facility, randomly assigned to an EQUIP treatment or control group. The program, developed by John C. Gibbs of The Ohio State University, is a multi-component group treatment for antisocial adolescents focusing on moral judgment, anger management, and prosocial skills. Since the early 1990s, the program has been adapted and implemented in facilities across North America, Europe, and Australia.

Use Cases

• Evaluating the impact of cognitive-behavioral interventions on institutional misconduct based on self- and staff-reported outcomes.
• Analyzing changes in social skills acquisition among adolescents in correctional settings based on program participation.
• Studying the adaptation and longitudinal outcomes of a structured treatment program across different countries and facility types.

Strengths

• Program evaluation includes a randomized controlled trial with 57 participants and control groups.
• Specific outcome metrics are reported, including significant decreases in misconduct and gains in social skills for the treatment group.
• The program has been implemented and adapted in multiple countries and facility types since the early 1990s.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the original 1993 study and subsequent adaptations.

Provenance

Source

John C. Gibbs, The Ohio State University

Collection Method

Randomized controlled trial evaluation of a multi-component group treatment program.

Time Range

Study conducted in 1993; program adaptations ongoing since the early 1990s.

Geography

Initial study in a U.S. juvenile corrections facility; later adaptations in Canada, the Netherlands, and Australia.