An investigation of the effects of a ritual counseling process on the enhancement of the self-estem of a selected group of male maasai adolescents in Kenya, 1997

Theuri, Mwangi Williams

1990-1999

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ritual counseling process on the enhancement of self-esteem. The subjects consisted of a select group of Maasai adolescent males. The range of their chronological ages was 16 -18 years. The forty male Maasai adolescents were selected randomly. A pre- posttest research design was used. The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale was administered before the ritual counseling process was begun. These results were used as the baseline data. The study found that all the t-tests produced statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-ritualized test scores. The conclusion, drawn from these findings, seems to warrant that; the ritual counseling process contributed to the reduction of the subjects' negative feelings of self-worth, and contributed to the positive change in the subjects' feelings of self-worth.

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1997-05-01

dissertation

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Clark Atlanta University

Counseling and Psychological Services

Herrington, Eugene

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1997_theuri_mwangi_w