Notes
Outline
V: Does RWV Repair the Damage?
Changes in
Shame
PTSD
Power & control
Anger & Defensiveness
Evaluating Target Changes: Measures currently in use
Internalized Shame Scale (ISS)
Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS)
Conflict Tactics Scale, adapted form
Personality Research Form - Form E (PRF)
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI): self-perception & staff perception forms
Internalized shame decreases
PTSD symptoms improve
RWV reduces coercive power & control!
RWV reduces hostility!
RWV reduces defensiveness!
Staff see men as feeling less anger
Men see themselves as less angry
Participant Narrative Feedback
“more aware of my feelings ... better able to talk instead of throwing things or hurt someone ... learned to trust others.”
“I am not filled with hatred.”
“I realized I could get in touch with my feelings.  I feel a more caring and understanding attitude.”
“I’m more aware of my feelings, as well as my bodily feelings.  …  if I’m feeling angry I get a stirring inside and a lot of times it’s not always the same thing, it’s usually different.  Plus I saw that I react to certain things because of how I reacted to some events in my childhood, and how I grew up knowing no different.  And now I can change that”.
Participant Evaluation at Release
For further information, please contact ...
Dr. Ralph Bierman, Psychologist
55 Harbour Square - Suite 1612
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2L1 Canada
Phone 416-777-1652
Fax 416-777-2518
e-mail: ralph_bierman@msn.com