Psychosocial status of members in “To be number one”
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2010-02-12
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย
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Objectives: To determine the activity outcomes of adolescents attending at Friend’s corners in Bangkok in terms of appropriated behavior, life satisfaction and self esteem. Materials and methods: Designed study as 3 groups case control, the samples were participants as cases, judge correction members as and non-participated youths as control. Sample size was 504 for each group. Three measurements were administered: self esteem scale of Rosenberg, appropriated behavior assessment and life satisfaction scale. Data were statistically analyzed with means, Chi squares and odds ratio. Results: Total questionnaires received were 1,481 copies. Age was between 9-32 years old. The number in each group of participated, judge correction youths and non-participated was 585, 595 and 300, of whom were girls 56%, 54.6% and 33.3% consecutively. Appropriated behavior, life satisfaction and self esteem scores in the participated group were higher than the judge correction group but still equal or lower than the non-participated youth. Conclusions: Friend’s corner activity were found beneficially for participants of whose outcomes were appropriated behavior, life satisfaction and self esteem.
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย; Volume 17 Number 3 September 2009; 145-155