Efficacy of Confrontation Technique in the Management of Antisocial Personality Disorder among Adolescents in Owerri Municipal, Imo State, Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 4
Abstract
This study examined efficacy of confrontation technique in the management of ASPD among adolescents in Owerri municipal, Imo State, Nigeria. It adopted a quasi-experimental design of pre-test, posttest, control group. Three research questions and three hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study.Twenty six subjects of adolescents who were eighteen years formed the sample. Mean, standard derivation, t-test and 2 ways ANOVA were used to analyses the data obtained.The results obtained showed that confrontation technique is efficacious in the management of antisocial personality disorder at post and fellow up tests. The results also indicate that male and female adolescents have ASPD and are amenable to change using the psychothepeutic technique of confrontation technique. Based on the findings, the researchers recommend thatcounselling psychologists should be posted to schools and made teaching subject free to enable them identify and work on adolescents with ASPD and its antecedents of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder andConduct Disorders.
Authors and Affiliations
Hope Ejiochi Mgbeoduru, DR (MRS) C. G. AWUJO
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