Efficacy Of Solution Focused Therapy Among Women With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression And Anxiety Due To Intimate Partner Violence In Selected Informal Settlements In Nairobi County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNjuki, Makena F.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-13T12:30:27Z
dc.date.available2023-09-13T12:30:27Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-01
dc.descriptionThesisen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of Solution-Focused Therapy when employed as a therapeutic intervention in the alleviation of symptoms associated with Post-Traumatic Stress disorder (PTSD), Anxiety and Depression among women who had experienced IPV in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to; assess the prevalence of different forms of IPV, evaluate the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and IPV prevalence, examine predictors influencing the prevalence of IPV, establish the severity of PTSD, Depression and Anxiety and to establish the efficacy of Solution Focused Therapy among women with PTSD, Depression and Anxiety due to IPV in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study used Concurrent Triangulation Research Design. Participants were women above the age of eighteen years. They were screened for PTSD, Anxiety and Depression using the PTSD checklist for DSM-5, Beck’s Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck’s Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Women Abuse Screening Tool (WAST). The therapeutic intervention took place on a weekly basis for a period of 10 weeks. After this, there was a midline assessment. Following the midline assessment there was no intervention for a period of three months, thereafter the end line assessment was carried out. The quantitative data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 27, whereas the qualitative data was analyzed using In vivo coding. The study established that Solution Focused Therapy was an effective intervention in alleviating the symptoms of PTSD, Depression and Anxiety in women who had experienced IPV in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya. The final results demonstrated a notable reduction in the means of all the disorders in the experimental group from baseline to midline to endline [Depression (34.26;16.54;15.14), Anxiety (29.13;17.28;19.24) and PTSD (43.33;27.02;27.06)], whereas there was no noteworthy change in the means of all the disorders from baseline to midline to endline for the control group [Depression (32.25;34.39;32.40), Anxiety (27.83;27.69;28.53) and PTSD (45.09;42.25;42.43)]. The researcher recommended that due to the high prevalence of IPV, more counsellors need to be trained on SFT in both the public and private sector.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSchool of Applied Human Sciences of Daystar Universityen_US
dc.identifier.citationNjuki, Makena F. (2023, Thesis). Efficacy Of Solution Focused Therapy Among Women With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression And Anxiety Due To Intimate Partner Violence In Selected Informal Settlements In Nairobi County, Kenya. Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciencesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4201
dc.publisherDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectSolution Focused Therapyen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.subjectPost-Traumatic Stress Disorderen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectIntimate Partner Violenceen_US
dc.subjectInformal Settlementsen_US
dc.subjectNairobi County, Kenyaen_US
dc.titleEfficacy Of Solution Focused Therapy Among Women With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression And Anxiety Due To Intimate Partner Violence In Selected Informal Settlements In Nairobi County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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