Reminiscence Counselling Therapy and Loneliness Behaviors among Older Adults in Sokoto Central Constituency, Sokoto State, Nigeria
*1Mukhtar Nawait Salihu and 2Fatima Dantama Sanusi
*1Department of educational Foundations, Sokoto State University, Sokoto Email: Muknawait@gmail.com
2Federal College of Education, Gidan Madi, Sokoto
Abstract
The study investigated the effectiveness of Reminiscence Counselling Therapy (RCT) in reducing loneliness behaviour among female older adult population in Sokoto Central constituency, Sokoto State. The study used quasi-experimental of pre-test and post-test design. The population of the study consist of the all-female older adults affected with loneliness disorder in Sokoto Central Constituency. The sample size of 40 older adult participants were purposively selected to form Experimental /Treatment Group. Participants received reminiscence therapy session ones in each week for 12 weeks. Each therapy session lasted for 80 minutes in length. Two instruments were used for data collection during pre-test and post-test assessment period. Each participant completed the instruments before and immediately after the intervention. The data obtained from pre-test and post-test result with the help of research instruments were compared to determine the effectiveness level and indeed the differences in quality of life of older adult before and after the reminiscence counselling intervention. Paired sample t-test was used to test the formulated hypotheses with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 20. The findings of the study, revealed that, the act of loneliness of the respondents significantly reduced after they were exposed to Reminiscence counselling Therapy (RCT). Therefore, RCT counselling should be used in managing female older adults with behavior disorder of loneliness. The findings further revealed that RCT proved to be effective among female older adults in Sokoto central constituency. The counselling intervention finally, revealed that Reminiscence counselling Therapy (RCT) helps in improving the quality of life of the female older adult.
Keywords
Reminiscence therapy & Loneliness Behaviour
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