The Efect of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy on Post‑Traumatic Depression in Flood Victims
- Title
- The Efect of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy on Post‑Traumatic Depression in Flood Victims
- Author(s)
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Moses Onyemaechi Ede, Friday M. Adene, Chinedu Ifedi Okeke,
Daniel I. Mezieobi, Evelyn Nkiruka Isiwu and Yakubu Abdullahi See all items with this value - Date
- 2021 See all items with this value
- Description
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Posttraumatic depression is often observed among food victims all over the world including Nigeria. People who survived the experience of food tend to sufer long‐term psychosocial efects such as distress, anxiety, pain, learned helplessness, social dysfunctions that eventually lead to depression. These negative consequences engender irrational beliefs that are part of psychopathologies among food victims. Exposing food victims in Nigeria to rational emotive approaches that would enable them to manage their posttraumatic depression could be an important opportunity to make them feel less depressed and become more functional and successful in their life
and the word of work. This study examines the efect of rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) intervention on posttraumatic depressed food victims in Nigeria. A total number of 98 participants (parents) were randomly assigned to treatment (n=49) and the waitlisted control (n=49) groups. REBT Depression Manual was
used for the delivery of the intervention while depression was evaluated using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and Goldberg Depression Scale. The data of the pretest, posttest and follow-up were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS
version 22. Specifcally, Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used for method of data analysis. Result indicated that REBT program led to the signifcant reduction in posttraumatic depressed food victims in Nigeria, the implication is that posttraumatic thoughts and beliefs of food victims that led to depressive state was addressed, thereby placing the victims under good mental health through the application of REBT evidence-based techniques. - Publisher
- Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy See all items with this value
- Keywords
- Posttraumatic depression · Nigeria · Rational emotive behavior therapy · Flood victims · Albert Ellis · REBT See all items with this value
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- 1-22
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