The effects of actualizing group therapy on the self-actualization of counselor-trainees
Date of Publication
1989
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology
Subject Categories
Counseling Psychology
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Counseling and Educational Psychology
Thesis Adviser
Imelda V. G. Villar
Defense Panel Chair
Salud P. Evangelista
Defense Panel Member
Rose Marie Salazar-Clemena
Natividad Munarriz
Leticia M. Asuzano
Conchita V. Umali
Abstract/Summary
This study investigates whether actualizing group therapy would be effective in increasing the level of self-actualization of counselor-trainees as measured by the Personal orientation inventory (POI) scores. The subjects were selected from a group of sixty (60) Center for Educational Measurement counselor-trainees at random. The subjects were randomly assigned to groups. Fourteen were assigned to the experimental group and the other 14 to the control group. Specifically, 7 were assigned to the experimental group, pretested 7 in the experimental group, unpretested 7 in the control group, pretested and another to the control group, unpretested. The experimental groups were exposed to actualizing group therapy. The two-way classification of analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to furnish evidence to support the significant difference between the mean scores of pretested subjects in the control and in the experimental group tested with the POI the significant difference between mean scores of pretested and unpretested subjects who were not exposed to actualizing therapy and the degree of persistency seen in the subjects' self-actualization behavior. To determine the significant differences of the mean scores of the immediate and delayed posttest, a one-way ANOVA was used. The findings revealed a significant positive pre-post change beyond .05 level of statistical level on 10 of the 12 individual POI scales, while control group mean scores failed to change significantly on those scales.
The results of the comparison between posttest and 12-month follow-up scores of the experimental group showed no significant difference except in the two of the 12 scales. This indicated that self-actualization level persisted over that time period. From the findings of the study, tentative conclusions were drawn: 1. Actualizing group therapy demonstrated to be a useful tool for enhancing self-actualization level of counselor-trainees of the pretested samples as seen in the change of the subjects' subjects self-actualization level from average to high, and as seen in the results, which confirm the effectiveness of the treatment. 2. Actualizing therapy did not bring out change in the outcome variable, in a direction perceived as positive by the counselor-trainees themselves indicating the effectiveness of the treatment activities.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TG01861
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
182 leaves, 28 cm.
Keywords
Group psychotherapy; Self-actualization (Psychology); Counselors--Training of; Counselor trainees
Recommended Citation
Bajo, J. P. (1989). The effects of actualizing group therapy on the self-actualization of counselor-trainees. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/650