Abstract
M.A. (Counseling psychology)
The primary objective of this research was to combat and where possible obviate depression amongst young adult females by means of a psycho-educational program developed by the researcher. A secondary objective of the study was to develop a behaviour evaluation questionnaire intended to evaluate perceivable depressive behaviour.
In this research a pretest-posttest research design was employed. The sample comprised
50 first year matriculated female students who entered for a youth worker course of the
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa for 1990. The 50 women were allocated to five
groups of 10 each from which three experimental and two control groups were randomly
selected. It was anticipated that the psycho-educational program would bring about a
statistical significant improvement in the mood and self concept of the experimental group.
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and "Ridgard-gedragsevalueringsvraelys" (RGV),
the latter completed by a supervisor, were utilized to determine depression amongst the
students. The "Adolessente Selfkonsepskaal" (ASKS) of Vrey was also used to evaluate
self concept in the groups.