Volume 9, Number 4

Effects of Humanistic-existential Therapy on Self-Control
among Rehabilitated Female Sex Workers in OSUN State

  Authors

Adeola Shobola, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

  Abstract

The study determined the effect of Humanistic-Existential Therapy (HET) on self-control of rehabilitated female sex workers in Osun State and investigated the effect of demographic variables on the effectiveness of HET on the workers. The study adopted the pretest-posttest, control group quasi-experimental research design. The population comprised rehabilitated female sex workers who visited the Living Hope Care at Ilesa regularly for medical and sex guidance. The sample comprised 64 rehabilitated female sex workers selected from brothels in Osun State using purposive and convenient sampling techniques. The HET of Kirk Schneider (2008) treatment package used; while the Tangney, Baumeister, and Boone (2004) self-control was used. Data collected were analysed using percentage, counts, and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA).The results showed a significant effect of humanistic-existential therapy on the self-control of the participants at (F= 28.772, df =1, p-value =0.000). It further showed the respondents’ age (F= 1.229, df =5, p-value =0.35), family background (F= 2.152, df =1, p-value =0.166); while marital status (F= 2.82, df =4, p-value =0.069) had no significant simple moderating effect on the effectiveness of HET on the self-control of the participants. The study concluded that Humanistic-Existential Therapy was effective in treating self-control of the rehabilitated female sex workers.

  Keywords

Humanistic-Existential Therapy, Self-Control, Rehabilitated, Sex Workers.