Page No 117-127
Gopal Ch. Mahakund
University of Delhi, South Campus, New Delhi
The effectiveness of behavior therapy for the management of internalizing problem
behavior in school going children is found across many studies. The present study
was planned to investigate the effects of behavior therapy such as the Token economy,
Stimulus control, Modeling, Storytelling, Jacobsen progressive relaxation technique for
the management of internalizing problem behavior on 30 school going children from
Delhi NCR, India. The participants of the present study were selected using purposive
sampling technique. The assessment and intervention were conducted on a small
group comprising of 4-5 children in one group. All the participants were free from mental
retardation, which was pre-diagnosed by their school counselor. The internalizing
problem behavior was assessed using Conner’s Teachers Rating Scale (Conner,
1990), Child Behavior Rating Scale (Cassel, 1962) and Problem Behavior Checklist
(Veeraraghavan & Dogra, 2000). The results of the present study indicate a significant
difference in problem behaviors - Classroom Behavior (P=0.019); Attitude towards Authority (P=0.004); Home Adjustment (P=0.018); Physical adjustment (P=0.026) and total adjustment (P=0.026) between genders. The result also confirmed an improvement
in internalizing problem behaviors (P=0.000) because of behavior therapy. Hence,
it can be concluded that behavior therapy is one of the effective techniques for the
management of internalizing problem behavior in school going children