Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

SELF EFFICACY AMONG ADOLESCENT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND USE OF SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY

Navyashree G. C, M. Y Manjula

Abstract :

Being healthy means having positive feelings about oneself. Feeling efficient, adequate and competent about one self is one of the most amazing healing practices which also improve one’s mental and physical health across life span. Self efficacy is of great importance for persons of all ages but most importantly when an individual is going through a drastic transition physically, psychologically and socially as in adolescence. Positive and negative experiences that an individual has impacts the self efficacy, which in turn can hamper or improve one’s mental and physical health. In the case of situations as traumatic as sexual abuse, the possibility of an individual especially an adolescent who is just exploring the world the effects are tremendous and negative. In the recent years solution focused therapy has been proved to be useful in helping the adolescent survivors of sexual abuse think of possibilities rather than adversities. Hence the present study aims at understanding the difference in the self efficacy among the adolescent girls who have experienced and not experienced sexual abuse and explore the relevance of using solution focused therapy in helping the survivors of sexual abuse. Sample for the study consisted of 288 adolescent girls of age range 15 to 18 years, out of which 184 adolescents had not experienced any kind of sexual abuse and 104 adolescents had experienced some form of sexual abuse selected using purposive sampling method. The result of the study indicated that there is a significant difference in the level of self efficacy among the adolescents with and without the experience of sexual abuse. Adolescents with the experience of sexual abuse have significantly lower self efficacy compared to the adolescent females with no experience of sexual abuse. The study also discusses the use of techniques of solution focused therapy i.e. miracle questions, scaling questions and engagement in life in helping the survivors of sexual abuse to cope with the feelings of distress.

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SELF EFFICACY AMONG ADOLESCENT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND USE OF SOLUTION FOCUSED THERAPY, Navyashree G.C, M.Y Manjula INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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