The Effectiveness of Solution-Focused Brief Group Counseling For Psychological Problems of Sexually Abused Children: the Case Of Godanaw Rehabilitation Integrated Project
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2010-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study examined whether Solution-Focused Brief Group Counseling
(SFBGC) is effective in addressing psychological problems of sexually abused
children in Godanaw Rehabilitation Integrated Project. Fifty participants aged
12-18 year old selected purposefully based on inclusion criteria who randomly
assigned into the control and treatment group, each with 25 participants. The
research design was a non-equivalent control group pretest and posttest of a
quasi-experimental design. Three standardized scales, namely, the Children
Depression Inventory, the Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Scale and
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used to measure the dependent variables at
two occasions: pretest and posttest. Participants in the treatment group
received SFBGC for three weeks, three days per week, 1:00-1:20 hours per
session for a total of 8 sessions. Results of dependent t-test indicated that,
after treatment, participants engaged in treatment group showed statistically
significant reduction in the level of depression (4ffl24 , t$2.186, p'$0.05) and
significant improvement in self-esteem (d.ftf24, t!5-2.623, P50.05) compared to
the control group. Independent t-test indicated that there was no statistically
significant difference between the treatment and control group in
posttraumatic stress symptoms during the pre-test (dJ548 , tFO.183, pj§O.05)
and during the post-test (d.r~48, tFO.199, P50.05) respectively. From these
results it was suggested that the application of SFBGC has to be expanded to
address psychological problems of sexually abused children in more other
organizations or settings
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