Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)

Measuring the Spirituality in Group Addiction Counseling Using Sandtray Therapy

Authors
Muhammad Farhan Mahmud, Salleh Amat, Ku Suhaila Ku Johari, Mohamad Isa Amat
Corresponding Author
Ku Suhaila Ku Johari
Available Online 25 August 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200824.156How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Addiction counseling, sandtray therapy, spirituality
Abstract

The element of spirituality plays an important role in addiction counseling and recovery of an addict. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences on spirituality level before and after intervention using sandtray therapy. This study was a quasi-experimental repeated-measure design utilizing the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES). A total of 32 recovering adolescent addicts were involved in six sessions of group counseling at a government-linked drug treatment and rehabilitation facility in Malaysia. The result shows that there was a significant difference in the mean scores for pre- and post-tests. However, there was no significant difference between pre-test and post-test after having the group counseling sandtray intervention (t = -0.538, p <0.05). The discussion of findings, study implication and future direction were also discussed. This study proposes to involve the control group in a follow-up study to examine the differences on the element of spirituality between control group and treatment group.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
25 August 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.200824.156
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.200824.156How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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