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Therapeutic techniques for treatment of adolescents with rebellious behaviour

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dc.contributor.advisor Roets, H. E. (Hester Elizabeth) en
dc.contributor.author Mathye, Lethabo Violet en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-25T10:52:55Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-25T10:52:55Z
dc.date.issued 2004-03-31
dc.date.submitted 2009-08-25T10:52:55Z en
dc.identifier.citation Mathye, Lethabo Violet (2004) Therapeutic techniques for treatment of adolescents with rebellious behaviour, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1430> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1430
dc.description.abstract This study focuses on the therapeutic interventions by mental health practitioners when faced with rebellious youths. Rebelliousness refers to the act of defying lawful authority or a resistant way of relating to authority or convention. It is manifested in, amongst others, withdrawal, deviance, delinquency, antisocial behaviour, and suicide. To date there are no interventions for rebellious youths per sé. Rebellious youths are often treated with traditional strategies which are often ineffective and show little promise for eliminating rebellious behaviour. Research has revealed that teen problem behaviours stem from "life-problems" such as psychosocial stressors. Therefore treating the adolescent for substance abuse, for example, is treating him/her for the wrong reasons. It is no surprise that many adolescents who have undergone intervention programmes for specific behaviour problems relapse soon after they are released from the programmes. The study focuses on integrating different strategies in order to combat rebelliousness in adolescence and beyond. This holistic approach argues that all treatments share certain curative processes. Therefore each treatment works best when it is combined with other aspects of treatment. For this reason, individual, family and group therapy were combined together with school strategies. The results of this study indicate that combining procedures that are designed to improve problematic behaviour in teenagers are viable forms of treatment. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (197 leaves) en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Suicide en
dc.subject Youth en
dc.subject Stealing en
dc.subject Psychotherapy en
dc.subject Withdrawal en
dc.subject Interventions en
dc.subject Behaviour en
dc.subject Family therapy en
dc.subject Adolescence en
dc.subject Rebelliousness en
dc.subject Life skills en
dc.subject Holistic approach en
dc.subject At risk en
dc.subject Group therapy en
dc.subject Runaway en
dc.subject Truancy en
dc.subject.ddc 616.89152
dc.subject.lcsh Teenagers -- Counceling of en
dc.subject.lcsh Teenagers -- Treatment en
dc.subject.lcsh Life skills en
dc.subject.lcsh Operant behavior en
dc.subject.lcsh Juvenile delinquency en
dc.subject.lcsh Adolescent psychology en
dc.subject.lcsh Group psychotherapy en
dc.subject.lcsh Families en
dc.subject.lcsh Family psychotherapy en
dc.title Therapeutic techniques for treatment of adolescents with rebellious behaviour en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Educational Studies en
dc.description.degree D.Ed.(Psychology of Education) en


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