Drug dependence is a reality in South Africa, and adolescents are often admitted to treatment
centres for rehabilitation. However, it seems that adolescents admitted to treatment centres
sometime show resistance, which may lead to the underutilisation of the therapeutic
programme. In addition, social workers in the drug dependence field do not have sufficient
knowledge to handle the resistance shown by the adolescent drug dependant during
therapeutic intervention. The researcher is not aware of any current strategies to identify and
utilise resistance.
The purpose of this study is to formulate a handling strategy for social workers, which will
enable them to identify and utilise the resistance that adolescent drug dependants manifest
during the therapeutic intervention in order to allow adolescents to make optimal use of their
treatment programmes. To achieve this goal, the Design and Development Model of Rothman
and Thomas were used in the intervention research. This study made use of qualitative
research in order to work in an exploratory and descriptive way.
During Phase 1, i.e. the problem analysis and project planning phase, data was collected
through semi-structured interviews conducted with five social workers. These interviews
were transcribed and analysed using Creswell’s data analysis spiral. Data has also been
collected during Phase 2, which consists of data collection and synthesis by utilising existing
sources of information, studying natural examples and identifying the functional elements of
successful models. During Phase 3, which is the design phase, an observation system has
been designed in the form of a questionnaire aimed at identifying resistance in adolescent
drug dependants and at determining procedures for the intervention. A prototype handling
strategy was development during Phase 4 (early design and development). This strategy may
help social workers working in the field of drug dependence to identify and utilise resistance
that appears in adolescent drug dependants during therapeutic intervention. / MSW, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11837 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Marais, Caren Louise |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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