EFFECTS OF MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE AND REALITY THERAPIES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS PRECIPITATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN IFAKO IJAYE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
Substance abuse among adolescents and some adults is increasing, which needs to be addressed, because its effects are devastating among the adolescents in the society. Thus, this study examined the effects of mindfulness-based cognitive and reality therapies on psychological problems precipitating substance abuse among adolescents. The quasi-experimental pretest-post-test control
group method was used in the research paper. The case in point comprised 75 adolescent students selected from the population of senior secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria through a multi-stage sampling process. The mindfulness-based cognitive and Reality Therapies were interventions in the treatment groups while the control group was given dummy treatment to keep them busy
throughout the treatment period. CRAFFT Screening test was conducted to identify the adolescents who are involved in substance abuse. The research instruments were adapted and revalidated for appropriate data collection for the study namely: The Adolescents-Aggression Questionnaire (AAQ) and Self-Esteem Scale (SES) with 0.77 and 0.74 reliability values respectively. Four research
hypotheses were tested in this research work, data were analyzed using ANCOVA. The study revealed that aggression will not significantly differ among adolescents who are involved in substance abuse, as a result of being exposed to mindfulness-based cognitive and reality therapies and the control group. After being exposed to the experimental conditions and control group, there
is no significant difference in post-test mean scores on self-esteem among adolescents and after being exposed to the experimental circumstances and control group, there is no significant difference in post-test mean anxiety levels among adolescents who engaged in substance misuse. It was recommended that Counsellors should organise regular school counselling programmes for
this set of adolescents to abstain from substance abuse completely.
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