Effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavioural Group Counselling for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Orphan Children Found in Kechene Children’s Home

Shimelis Keno Tulu

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Effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavioural Group Counselling for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Orphan Children Found in Kechene Children’s Home

Shimelis Keno Tulu

Published in American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 7 November 2014 Accepted: 12 November 2014 Published: 21 November 2014

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In this study, a non-equivalent control group pre and post-tests of quasi-experimental research design was employed. The study was examined the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavioral Group Counseling for posttraumatic stress disorder in orphan children of Kechene Children’s Home found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Using the inclusion criteria, 60 participants aged 12 to 17 years old were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to the control and the treatment groups, with 30 participants in each group. The child posttraumatic stress symptoms scale was employed to measure the dependent variable before and after intervention. Participants in the treatment group were received 12 sessions of rational emotive behavioral group counseling for 4 successive weeks, 3 sessions per week; each session last for 1 hour. Results obtained from dependent t-test revealed that, after the intervention there was statistically significant reduction in the level of posttraumatic stress symptoms among participants in the treatment group (df=29, t=2.245, p<0.05) compared to participants in the control group. This result implies that, rational emotive behavioral group counseling is effective for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in orphan children. Hence, it is recommendable to employ rational emotive behavioral group counseling in the intervention for children with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Published in	American Journal of Applied Psychology (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajap.20140306.16
Page(s)	151-158
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Orphan Children, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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Shimelis Keno Tulu. (2014). Effectiveness of Rational Emotive Behavioural Group Counselling for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Orphan Children Found in Kechene Children’s Home. American Journal of Applied Psychology, 3(6), 151-158. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajap.20140306.16

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Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences and Languages, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

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