| The objective of this research was to increase understanding of pretreatment variables associated with program attrition among a sample of male juvenile sex offenders (N=60) in outpatient treatment. Research questions were addressed by extracting intellectual scores (e.g., VIQ, PIQ, FSIQ) on measures of the WASI, WISC-III, and WISC-IV from an archival data set. Hypotheses included (1) juvenile sex offenders who did not successfully complete an outpatient juvenile sex offender treatment program would have different Verbal Intelligence Quotient (VIQ), Perceptual Intelligence Quotient (PIQ), and Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) scores than program completers and (2) juveniles with IQ scores (i.e., VIQ, PIQ, and FSIQ) falling in or below the low average range would be less likely to complete the program than juveniles with IQ scores in the average and above average range. Analyses indicated there were no significant differences found among the tested hypotheses. Specifically, significant differences were not found when analyzing program completion on each IQ scale (VIQ, PIQ, and FSIQ) and the hypothesized relationship between IQ ranges (i.e., low average, average, and high average) and program outcome among the adolescent sex offenders studied by Martin (2013). |
