The effects of a perceptual interaction conference on the self-concept of adolescents with sickle cell anemia

An experimental two-group, before and after design was used to explore the effects of a Perceptual Interaction Conference on the self-concept of adolescents with sickle cell anemia. Twelve females between the ages of 13 and 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell anemia were randomly assigned into either the experimental or control groups. The experimental group participated in four weekly 1-hour sessions. The control group continued to receive the routine teaching offered by the agency. Both groups were administered the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale as a pretest and posttest prior to the start of the sessions and following the last session. A Mann-Whitney U analysis indicated that the total score of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale did not differ significantly for those adolescents who participated in the sessions and those who received the routine teaching from the agency (U = 16.00, p = .818). In addition, there were no significant differences noted from the pretest to the posttest using the Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks test (T = -.1569, p - .785). These findings may have been the result of the small sample size.

Author dc:creator

• Owens, Brenda H.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Throckmorton, Terry
• Newman, Mary
• Wright, Doris

• Sickle cell anemia
• Adolescents
• Self-concept
• Perceptual Interaction Conference

Language dc:language

en_US

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11274/8373

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:tdl-ir.tdl.org:11274/8373