A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNSELING, CREATIVE VISUALIZATION THERAPY ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DEPRESSION, CHILDREN’S SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG MOTHERS WITH TROUBLED MARRIAGE LIFE VISITING IN A COUNSELING CENTER OF INDORE
Abstract
In this pre experimental design, sample consisted of 20 mothers, selected by non probability purposive sampling technique. self structure knowledge questionnaire was used for assessing the knowledge of mothers with troubled marriage life. pre test was conducted by using the same structured knowledge questionnaire and after 15 days post test was conducted using the same structured questionnaire for assessing the effectiveness of counselling, creative visualization therapy on depression, children’s subjective wellbeing and quality of life mean percentage of the knowledge score of post test 28.25 was higher than pre test 21.02 the ‘t’ value for total pre test and post test was 17.52 the data was analyzed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics.
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