Al-Hikmah University Journal

The study investigated the effect of reality therapy and dialectic therapy on post-traumatic stress disorder of internally displaced adolescents in North-east Nigeria. Two objectives and hypotheses guided the study. This study employed a quasi-experimental design involving factorial pre-test and post-test experimental design (2 x 2). The population of the study consisted of 180 adolescents who are between the ages of 9-17 years in IDP camps in Maiduguri, Borno state. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select four (4) out of nine (9) IDP camps. A sample of 60 respondents were used after administering a pre-test questionnaire and were analysed as traumatised and were later divided into two (2) groups of experiment. The pre-test questionnaire was the adapted version of Hopkins Symptom checklist questionnaire with a reliability index of 0.85 was used for data collection. Counselling with reality therapy was implemented for six (6) weeks to the experimental group 1 while dialectic cognitive behavioural therapy DCBT was implemented for the same period of six (6) weeks as experimental group 2. The two experimental groups took a post-test at the end of the sessions and the data obtained were analysed using t-test statistics through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 27). The study concluded that reality and dialectic therapy were effective in managing post-traumatic stress disorder of internally displaced adolescents. Thus, the study recommended that professional counsellors and other social workers should be encouraged to use reality and dialectic therapy package in managing post-traumatic stress disorder of internally displaced adolescents.