Effectiveness of Behavioral Modification Therapy in Coping with Adjustmental Problems among Juvenile Delinquents

Abstract

Objective : • To assess the level of adjustmental problem among juvenile delinquents. • To evaluate the effectiveness of behavioral modification therapy in coping with adjustmental problems among juvenile delinquents. • To correlate the effectiveness of behavioral modification therapy in coping with adjustmental problem among juvenile delinquents with the selected demographic variables. Materials and Method This study was concluded in male juvenile delinquent with adjustmental problems of observational home and special school, Government of Puducherry, ariyakuppam, Puducherry, India. Quasi - Experimental Design (one group pre-test, post-test) was adopted. And a total of 50 juvenile delinquents was selected for the study, who met the inclusion criteria and the total time exposed was 8 to 112 hours, to assess the effectiveness of behavioral modification therapy in coping with adjustmental problems among juvenile delinquents. Results : The first objective revealed that among 50 individuals 42(84%) had moderate level of adjustmental problems and 8(16%) had severe level of adjustmental problems on the assessment day. The second objective exposed that after giving behavioral modification therapy the overall mean was 25.98 with standard deviation of 1.37 on the evaluation day. The third objective revealed, there was a significant correlation between the behavioral modification therapies and the demographic variables such as age, type of family, marital status of parents, and residence. Conclusion : A total number of 50 samples were selected for this study. On the first day, the level of adjustmental problems was assessed by using modified James Watson and Richard ongoing assessment of juvenile delinquents. On the last day, the evaluation was done by using the same tool. In pretest out of 50 samples 08 individuals exhibited severe adjustmental problems and 42 individuals exhibited moderate adjustmental problems. It was found that 47 individuals exhibited mild adjustmental problems and 03 individuals exhibited moderate adjustmental problems which show that the behavioral modification therapy was effective in reducing the level of adjustmental problems among juvenile delinquents.