M.A. (Counseling psychology) / The primary objective of this research was to combat and where possible obviate depression amongst young adult females by means of a psycho-educational program developed by the researcher. A secondary objective of the study was to develop a behaviour evaluation questionnaire intended to evaluate perceivable depressive behaviour. In this research a pretest-posttest research design was employed. The sample comprised 50 first year matriculated female students who entered for a youth worker course of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa for 1990. The 50 women were allocated to five groups of 10 each from which three experimental and two control groups were randomly selected. It was anticipated that the psycho-educational program would bring about a statistical significant improvement in the mood and self concept of the experimental group. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and "Ridgard-gedragsevalueringsvraelys" (RGV), the latter completed by a supervisor, were utilized to determine depression amongst the students. The "Adolessente Selfkonsepskaal" (ASKS) of Vrey was also used to evaluate self concept in the groups.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:12123 |
| Date | 19 August 2014 |
| Creators | Ridgard, Rudolph John |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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