Page No.103-111
G. Venkatesh Kumar
Mysore University, Mysore
The present study is to examine the impact of Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy
on adolescent students with conduct disorder. It was hypothesized that the REBT
Psychotherapy would have a positive imp act on adolescent s’ conduct disorder
symptoms. The Youth Self Report (YSR) was distributed to 1142 students and
they were instructed to fill the forms. The sample included 200 students (100 girls
and 100 boys), which 100 was taken as control group (50 girls and 50 boys), and
other 100 was taken for experimental group (50 girls and 50 boys) from the schools
and colleges in Mysore. The intervention program was given on experimental group
for 7 sessions, in seven weeks. There were 10 groups, with 10 subjects in each
group. The intervention program consisted of Cognitive, Emotive and Behavioural
techniques of REBT. Subjects were thought the techniques of REBT and how to
apply it on their problems. One month later the last intervention program and the
post test, to assess the impact of REBT. Data analysis involved the use of GLM
repeated measure of ANOVA to measure the impact of REBT on Conduct Disorder
Symptoms of subjects. Significant impacts were found on the reduction of conduct
disorder symptoms experienced by subjects. The results revealed that the treatment
decreased the symptoms of conduct disorder. The results showed that REBT has
a positive impact on conduct disorder and other emotional and behavioural disorders
co morbid with conduct disorder experienced by adolescents.
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