ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Summana Srichalachai

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Preliminary report The mental health development program in juvenile delinquents at the Juvenile Delinquency Correction Center Region 5.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Mental Health of Thailand. Vol.15, No.2, May 2007, Page 121.

รายละเอียด / Details:

Objectives. To study the mental health development program in juvenile delinquents aiming to reduce the re-committing rate and staying duration in the juvenile delinquency correction centers. Materials and methods. The research and development is operated with action research method. The training contents are uncovered by focus groups and literature review which are the activity topics as the following self understanding self appreciation acceptance of differences conflicts and judgment attitude to others goal of life and help seeking behaviors. The fifty-four juvenile delinquents are voluntarily sampled. The activities are one hour session weekly for 8 times. The measurement are done at the beginning of 1st and the end of 8th session comparatively. The instruments comprise of two parts happiness assessment and self-mental health care assessment tests Analysis is achieved by percent and Mann-Whitney U statistics. Results. Most were male delinquents and average age was 15.9 years. The average scores of happiness and self mental health care assessment after the activities were improved significantly compared with those prior to entering the activities Conclusion. the mental health development program helped the juvenile delinquents having better attitude toward themselves and others surrounding.

Keywords: child delinquency, juvenile, mental health, development program, behavior, attitude

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2007

Address: Galya Rajanagarindra Institute, Department of Mental Health

Code: 200700056

ISSN/ISBN: 2859-497-X

Country of publication: Thailand

Language: English

Category: abstract

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