A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNSELING, ART THERAPY ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING DEPRESSION, CHILDREN’S SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG MOTHERS VISITING IN A COUNSELING CENTER OF BIHAR
Abstract
In this pre experimental design, sample consisted of 60 mothers, selected by non probability purposive sampling technique. self structure knowledge questionnaire was used for assessing the knowledge of mothers. pre test was conducted by using the same structured knowledge questionnaire and after 30 days post test was conducted using the same structured questionnaire for assessing the effectiveness of counselling, Art therapy on depression, children’s subjective wellbeing and quality of life mean percentage of the knowledge score of post test 24.36 was higher than pre test 19.26 the ‘t’ value for total pre test and post test was 20.05 the data was analyzed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics.
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