Browsing by Author "Habtamu, Kassahun (PhD)"

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    The Effect of Guidance and Counseling Service in Enhancing Academic Performance of Students. A Case of Cruise Secondary School Lafto Sub City
    (2017-10) Solomon, Meron; Habtamu, Kassahun (PhD)
    The general objective of the study was examining the effect of guidance and counseling service on academic performance and student study habit. The study was conducted at Cruise high school located at Addis Ababa, around South Africa Street. Two-independent random groups study design was used to undertake the study. 60 students selected randomly from grade 9 participated in the study. The students were grouped as experiment and comparison group randomly, 30 students for each. Primary data was collected from both the experiment and control groups before and after the intervention. Study habits inventory and roster were used to collect data. The reliability of the study habit scales were evaluated before full scale application and were found reliable. The analysis involved descriptive as well as inferential statistics. Calculation of mean and standard deviation were undertaken in the analysis of the academic results and achievements of the students. T-test for comparison of two sample means were used to test the study hypothesis by examining the statistical significance of the academic result and study habit difference between the two groups. The counseling service had been provided to students in the experiment group only. The findings of the study showed as the intervention was effective in improving the study habits of the students in the experiment group significantly. The students in the experiment group were found to have better time management, concentration, note taking, reading comprehension, test preparation and test taking, reading speed, writing skills and test anxiety management ability that the comparison groups. Besides, the test results of the students in the experiment group (M=2.20, SD=.589) was higher than that of the comparison group (M=2.03.8 SD=.657), t (2.187) =.031, p< 0.05This implies as the intervention had a positive effect on the students’ academic performance as well.
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    Problems and Coping Mechanisms of Persons with Schizophrenia: Implications for Psychosocial Interventions
    (Addis Ababa University, 2014-09) Teklu, Tihtena; Habtamu, Kassahun (PhD)
    The major purpose of this study was to investigate the problems and coping mechanisms of persons with schizophrenia and find out implications for possible psychosocial interventions. Despite intensive research for decades the causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown. Schizophrenia creates a big concern because it causes chronic disability, family disappointments, marital problems, financial disadvantages and destroys the education opportunities for those that are affected by the illness at early age. Like everyone, those living with schizophrenia typically have important goals for themselves in the areas of relationships, work, and living. The patients need to be understood and be helped so that they can be functional again. To give them help, one understand their major problems and how they are trying to cope up with the problem they are facing right now and draw possible psychosocial interventions. The study is fully qualitative based on in -depth interviews and focus group discussions. To analyze the data interpretive phenomenological analysis was used. Persons with schizophrenia, health workers, and caregivers of persons with schizophrenia were participated on this study. Persons with schizophrenia suffer from different problems mainly unemployment, economic crisis and dependency, discrimination and isolation, poor awareness, abuses and poor medical support and medical side effects. Among participants common copping mechanism is social withdrawal. In addition emotional regulation on females and self distraction on males are observed. The very sound medical side effect implied is fatigue. Although Amanuel Specialized Mental Health implements Bio-psycho-social intervention, bother caregivers and patients were unaware of the service.