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Keywords
Mentally ill children -- Care; Self-perception; Adolescent psychology;
Abstract
This project involved a self-concept improvement program for institutionalized, emotionally disturbed adolescents. Subjects were eighteen adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15 who were in a state residential institution for nonpsychotic, emotionally disturbed, acting out adolescents. The subjects were divided into two groups by the institution staff. Both groups completed the Pier-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale and listed positive self-statements as pretest and posttest measures. The experimental group participated in a self-concept improvement program for 12 40 minute sessions twice a week for six weeks. The program consisted of lectures, discussions, and activities designed to facilitate self-understanding, a positive self concept, goal-setting behaviors, decision-making, and positive interpersonal relations. Because of non-randomization, a small population, and the presence of extreme scores, the data was analyzed descriptively. Because inferential statistical analysis was precluded, the efficacy of the Self-Concept Improvement Program could not be ascertained, and further research is recommended.
Year of Submission
1984
Degree Name
Specialist in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Barry J. Wilson
Second Advisor
Bruce Rogers
Third Advisor
Ann Vernon
Date Original
1984
Object Description
1 PDF file (113 leaves)
Copyright
©1984 David Curtis Canaday
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Canaday, David Curtis, "A self-concept improvement plan for institutionalized, emotionally disturbed adolescents" (1984). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1438.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1438
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