The Effectiveness Of Solution-focused Brief Group Counseling For Psychological Problems Of Sexually Abused Children

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This study examined whether Solution-Focused Brief Group Counselingrn(SFBGC) is effective in addressing psychological problems of sexually abusedrnchildren in Godanaw Rehabilitation Integrated Project. Fifty participants agedrn12-18 year old selected purposefully based on inclusion criteria who randomlyrnassigned into the control and treatment group, each with 25 participants. Thernresearch design was a non-equivalent control group pretest and posttest of arnquasi-experimental design. Three standardized scales, namely, the ChildrenrnDepression Inventory, the Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Scale andrnRosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used to measure the dependent variables atrntwo occasions: pretest and posttest. Participants in the treatment grouprnreceived SFBGC for three weeks, three days per week, 1:00-1:20 hours perrnsession for a total of 8 sessions. Results of dependent t-test indicated that,rnafter treatment, participants engaged in treatment group showed statisticallyrnsignificant reduction in the level of depression (4ffl24 , t$2.186, p'$0.05) andrnsignificant improvement in self-esteem (d.ftf24, t!5-2.623, P50.05) compared tornthe control group. Independent t-test indicated that there was no statisticallyrnsignificant difference between the treatment and control group inrnposttraumatic stress symptoms during the pre-test (dJ548 , tFO.183, pj§O.05)rnand during the post-test (d.r~48, tFO.199, P50.05) respectively. From thesernresults it was suggested that the application of SFBGC has to be expanded tornaddress psychological problems of sexually abused children in more otherrnorganizations or settings.

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