STRENGTHENING TEENAGE MOTHERS’ RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHILDREARING THROUGH ONLINE BEHAVIORAL THEORY COUNSELING

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aims to: 1) Compare the parental responsibility of adolescent mothers between a group that received online behaviorism theory counseling and a control group. 2) Compare the parental responsibility of teenage mothers who received online behavioral theory counseling before, after, and during the follow-up period.The research tools included: 1) A scale measuring the parental responsibility of teenage mothers and 2) The online behavioral theory counseling program. This quasi-experimental study uses a sample of teenage mothers aged 15-19 years of Thai nationality residing in Chonburi province and raising their children themselves. Participants voluntarily joinedthe research project and demonstrated a level of parental responsibility, as measured by a scale developed by the researcher, ranging from moderate to low (79-90), with 20 individuals in total. The researcher divided the sample into two groups: an experimental group of 10 people and a control group of 10. The experimental group received 10 sessions of online behavioral theory counseling, each lasting 60 minutes, while the control group did not receive any counseling program. The data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, percentage, and F-test with two-way ANOVA repeated measurement.The research found that the mean of parental responsibility of teenage mothers who received the online behavioral theory counseling program was significantly higher after the experiment and during the follow-up period than before the experiment at the .05 level. The mean of parental responsibility for those who received the counseling program were 122.20 after the experiment and 125.60 duringthe follow-up period, higher than those who did not receive the program, with mean of 109.60 after the experiment and 113.40 during the follow-up period. In conclusion, the online behavioral theory counseling program can effectively enhance the parental responsibility of teenage mothers.