TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Group-Focused Counseling on Stealing and Kleptomania in a Sample of Nigerian Subjects
AU - Onyechi, Kay Chinonyelum Nwamaka AU - Mkpoikanke, Otu S AU - Eseadi, Chiedu AU - Ofem, Ebri Obla 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
SP  - 1056
EP  - 1062
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.1056.1062
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.1056.1062
KW  - Adolescent recidivists
KW  -group-focused counseling
KW  -kleptomania
KW  -stealing behavior
KW  -brevity
AB  - The current study examined the effects of group-focused counseling on stealing and kleptomania in a sample of Nigerian subjects. A purposive sample of 12 male adolescent recidivists with stealing and kleptomania behaviors was randomized into two study groups. The present study utilized a pretest-post test control group design. Descriptive statistics and analysis of covariance (p≤0.05) were used to analyze the data obtained from both the control and treatment groups. Results show that group-focused counseling therapy was effective in surmounting adolescents’ recidivism to stealing and kleptomania. Positive effects of group counseling process in the treatment of adolescents’ recidivism to stealing and kleptomania were obtained in 8 group counseling sessions. Thus, the brevity and effectiveness of group-focused counseling techniques is very encouraging for its use in the treatment of stealing and kleptomania behaviors in multicultural settings such as Nigeria.
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