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Sharing Life Experiences of Teenage Girl Delinquents through Life Map Sketch

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  • Zuhda Husain
  • Sh Marzety Adibah
  • Nor Shakirah Mohd Sakari

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Life map sketch is a unique technique of an expressive therapy that can be used in the process of emotional healing for clients. The purpose of this study was to explore the life experiences of teenage girls engaged in delinquent behaviour using life map sketch. Seven teenage girls from one approved school in Malaysia were selected in this study using purposive sampling. The result showed that there were some themes identified from the teenage girls delinquent sharing of life experience in this study. The themes were hardship, expression of emotion, negative behavior, meaning behind the sketch and hopeful. The use of life map sketch’s technique help the participants in expressing their latent issues that they found hard to express orally. Therefore, this technique is very promising in improving the counseling services in Malaysia.

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  • Zuhda Husain & Sh Marzety Adibah & Nor Shakirah Mohd Sakari, 2017. "Sharing Life Experiences of Teenage Girl Delinquents through Life Map Sketch," Asian Social Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(5), pages 1-68, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:assjnl:v:13:y:2017:i:5:p:68
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