Abstract
D.Litt. et Phil. (Social Work)
The rising divorce rate and the crisis surrounding divorce
was the motivation for the researcher to undertake
this study.
The purpose of the study was to develop a groupwork program
for divorce counselling. Groupwork was selected as
a method especially because the developmental approach
of Tropp (1976) strong I y s tresses shared problems and
experiences - in this instance of divorce.
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The model contains five phases, although this study only
dealt with the analysis, development and evaluation
phases. Each phase comprises material conditions to be
met as well as a number of operational steps to be followed.
The model fits in particularly well with programme development and evaluation • The modeI further lends itself to the utilization of different theories and models
which inform the theoretical foundation of the study,
e.g • the stress and crisis mode 1 of Ahrons & Rodgers
(1987), and Tripodi's (1983) programme evaluation model
in the evaluation phase. The measuring instruments used in this study were five
of the nine Hudson scales and a biographical questionnaire.