SELF-MANAGEMENT THERAPY ON ADOLESCENTS WITH MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOURS
SELF-MANAGEMENT THERAPY ON ADOLESCENTS WITH MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOURS
| dc.contributor.author | IKE, EKAETE | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-25T10:59:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-25T10:59:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D) IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZAR1A | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to establish the efficacy of Self-Management therapy in modifying maladaptive behaviours among psychologically traumatized deviant adolescents. The study was informed partly by the fact that there is a proliferation of deviant youngsters all over the country and their behaviours have constituted a menace to the society and partly because the existing behaviour intervention programmes among delinquent youths in Nigeria have been found to be ill-effective. There is the need, therefore, to develop an intervention programme in which the deviant youths can have maximum input in their personal rehabilitation, putting their interest first in the helping process. A sample size of seventy four literate inmates was selected by stratified random sampling from a population of 226 deviants in Kaduna Borstal Training Institution. The survey questionnaire responses and archival records used revealed a sample of ten inmates as traumatized. The 10 traumatized subjects became the sample for the second section of the study, the self-management therapy. An A-B-A multiple single case experimental design was employed for establishing the efficacy of self-management therapy on adolescents with maladaptive behaviours. The research instrument used for data collection was developed by the researcher. These were two sets of questionnaire CLES/CABI and SELI; and the behaviour monitoring cards. All instruments were validated by a team of experts and an adolescent advisory board. They were also pilot tested. The questionnaires were designed to elicit the current maladaptive behaviours of the youths, traumatic experiences they had gone through and their self-esteem level. The behaviour monitoring cards were used for both motoric- and self-measurement of exhibition or avoidance of target maladaptive behaviours. The data collected with these instruments were used for drawing graphs to show behaviour modification trends. Six null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistic to compare the baseline behaviours with the behaviours during therapy. The major findings of the study are as follows: 1. Self-management therapy is an efficient strategy for achieving behaviour modification among youngsters with maladaptive behaviours. In a country like ours when children are under parental control most of the time it becomes beneficial to the subjects of this study to be able to make their own decision to manage their lives and actually go ahead to do so. The greatest contribution of this study is the ability of the therapy to help the subjects review their past and make effort at modifying their behaviour and thus manage their lives. 2. Given conducive environment, minimum interference from the therapist, and the confidence of the counsellor/therapist, the traumatized deviant adolescents would express their problems earnestly. This too is an achievement of the study because the world of the deviant is so closed that they are suspicious of helpers. 3. The deviants developed interest in therapy as the centre of rehabilitation shifted from the^ offenses they committed against their families and the society to themselves as valuable individuals. 4. Inclusion of family mediation in the rehabilitation process of the trauma-affected deviant youths makes therapy easier and quicker as family mediation helps in explaining painful past and encourages forgiveness. Since Self-management therapy appeared to be a promising technique for modification of maladaptive behaviours among youths, it was recommended among other things, that it be included in the training of welfare workers and school counsellors. The contribution of the family was found to be pertinent in the process of behaviour modification and rehabilitation of the deviant. So it was recommended that any intervention programme should work closely with the deviants' family. The Federal Government of Nigeria should improve the Borstal Training system. Psychological trauma rehabilitation, intervention and insulation were recommended for inculcation into the counsellors' repertoire; and for extension to benefit students in higher institutions. It was finally suggested that further research should manipulate Self-management intervention among deviant girls, deviant adults and even "normal" individuals. Multiple baseline study was also suggested for individuals who have multiple maladaptive behaviours. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2573 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | SELF-MANAGEMENT, | en_US |
| dc.subject | THERAPY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | ADOLESCENTS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | MALADAPTIVE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | BEHAVIOURS. | en_US |
| dc.title | SELF-MANAGEMENT THERAPY ON ADOLESCENTS WITH MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOURS | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |