Effect of Rational Digital Storytelling Intervention on Depression Among Adolescent-Athletes with Special Educational Needs

Autor: Michael Eskay, Uche D. Asogwa, Theresa Onyema Ofoegbu, Ngozi O. Obiyo, Christian Iheanacho Agboti, Chimaobi Samuel Ogbonna, Chiedu Eseadi, Shulamite E. Ogbuabor, Godfrey C. Nji, Oliver Rotachukwu Ngwoke, Rowland C. Uwakwe
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 39:217-237
ISSN: 1573-6563
0894-9085
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-020-00366-z
Popis: Depression is a major mental health issue among athletes. This study aimed to determine the effect of a rational digital storytelling intervention on depression among a sample of adolescent-athletes with special educational needs. Participants were sixty in-school adolescent-athletes with special educational needs (treatment group, n = 30, control group, n = 30) having moderate to severe depression. The treatment group participated in the rational digital storytelling intervention, over a twelve-week period whereas the control group was exposed to oral storytelling at precisely the same timeframe, with the meeting sessions holding 2 times weekly. The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI II) and The Child and Adolescent Scale of Irrationality (CASI) were used for gathering data at 3-time points. Results suggest that exposure to a rational digital storytelling intervention brought about more considerable reduction in mean depression score among the adolescent-athletes in the experimental group when compared with the adolescent-athletes in the control group (t(59) = − 21.312, p = .001, effect size = 5.50). Follow-up results revealed more sustenance of the significant reduction in mean depression score of the adolescent-athletes in the experimental group when compared with the adolescent-athletes in the control group (t(59) = − 16.441, p = .001, effect size = 4.24).
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