The Effectiveness of Spiritual Bibliotherapy on the Self-esteem of Drug Dependents: An Integrative Approach to Wellness Program

Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of spiritual bibliotherapy on increasing the level of self-esteem of the drug dependents as an integrative approach to their wellness program and the effects of the content processing on their affective, cognitive, and behavioral faculties. A Randomized pretest-posttest experimental design was used in this study. Twenty adult male residents were chosen to participate and were divided into Experimental and Control Group. The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory Adult Version was used to measure the level of the self-esteem of both groups prior to and after the implementation of spiritual bibliotherapy. Chapters 9-15 and 17 of the book “Stop Hidden Addictions (Seven Secrets to Real Freedom)” by Bo Sanchez were utilized as the spiritual bibliotherapy material, and a self-designed likert scale guided questionnaire was also used to quantify the insights of the experimental group after each session. The findings revealed an extremely strong evidence in the increase of the level of self-esteem of the experimental group with a t-value = -9.5835 at α= .05 and a strong evidence that there is a significant difference between the posttest scores of the control and experimental group with a t-value = 2.2638 at α= .05. The results also showed the immediate effectiveness of the content processing on the affective faculty; whereas, the behavioral faculty has the weakest finding. The researcher recommends that Spiritual Bibliotherapy be included in the treatment program of the rehabilitation center and further developments on the implementation ne made to enhance its’ effects on the behavioral aspect.