EFFECTS OF RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY ON POSTTRAMUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the Effects of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
(PTSD) of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kassa and Haipang Campsin Plateau state. The purpose of the 
study is to investigate the effects of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy on Ppost-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
among internally Displaced Persons in Kassa and Haipang Camps in Plateau State. Qausi-experimental research 
design was adopted for this study. A questionnaire titled: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire (PTSDQ) 
developed by the researcher was used to elicit information from a sample of forty (40) respondents who were more  
with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The respondents were randomly selected from the target 
population of 1,865 in the two camps for the study. The instrument consists of 15 items which were presented to the 
respondents as to determine the degree of agreed or disagreed with their feelings as a result of the displacement. 
The data collected were analyzed using percentage and one sample t-test statistics to test at 0.05 level of 
significance. The results indicated that the treatment with rational emotive behavior therapy was effective on post
traumatic stress disorder of Internally Displaced Persons in Kassa and Haipang Camps in Plateau State. Based on 
the findings of this study, it was recommended that the principles of rational emotive behavior therapy should be 
applied by counsellors in counselling the internally displaced persons in Plateau state and Nigeria at large.