The Effects of Using Guidance Activities Package of Theory of Behaviorism to Develop a Positive Thinking of drug Addiction in Labor Groups of the Department of Probation Samutprakan

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aims (1) compare the effects of positive thinking development in the experimental group drug addicted persons before and after using a guidance activities package based on the behaviorism theory; (2) compare the effects of positive thinking development of the experimental group drug addicted persons who used the guidance activities package based on the behaviorism theory with the counterpart effects in the control group drug addicted persons who used the provided information program; and (3) compare the pre-experiment effects of positive thinking development in the experimental group drug addicted persons with the counterpart effects during the follow-up period.

This study was the research sample consisted of 30 purposively selected drug addicted persons, ages 18 - 60 years, who were admitted to drug rehabilitation program of the Office of Probation, Samut Prakan province. Then, 15 people were randomly assigned into the experimental group; and 15 people, into the control group. The employed research instruments were a guidance activities package bassed on the behaviorism theory, a provided information program, and a test on positive thinking with reliability coefficient of 0.916. Statistics employed for data analysis were the mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The research findings showed that (1) the post-experiment positive thinking level of the experimental group drug addicted persons who used the guidance activities package based on the behaviorism theory had been developed to be significantly higher, at the 0.01 level, than their pre-experiment counterpart; (2) the experimental group durg addicted persons who used the guidance activities package had developed their post-experiment positive thinking to be significantly at the higher level than that of the control group drug addicted perssons at the 0.01 level; and (3) the experimental group durg addicted persons’ positive thinking level during the follow-up period was significantly higher than their pre-experiment counterpart at the 0.01 level.