This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of Sports and Performing Art in the reduction of depressive symptoms associated with mental health among women in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Borno State, Nigeria. Pretest -posttest quasi experimental design was adopted. Ninety women between 18- 36 years ( =; 1.56: SD=.492) who lived in camps for six years and met the criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM IV) were purposively recruited for the study. Three IDP camps were randomly assigned into treatment conditions. The experimental groups were exposed to nine weeks of interventions using either Sports or Performing Art. The control group served as a comparison group. Three instruments were used for data collection, namely; Depression Self Rating Scale (α= 0.83), Becks Depression Inventory (α=0.78) and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (α=0.82). Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and Bonferonni Post-hoc were used for data analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Result show that that there was significant main effect of treatments in managing mental health among women in IDP camps in Borno State, Nigeria F (2, 42) = 16.02; P <0.05, partial ή = 0.433). There was evidence to show that performing arts intervention was more potent ( = 42.90) than the sports group ( = 63.556) in reduction of depressive symptoms of the participants. There was a significant interaction effect of treatments and self-esteem on mental health F (4, 90)= 2.751, p<0.05, partial η2 = 0.164). We concluded that sports and performing art interventions were effective

Authors:
Ndidi Ofole, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
James Ayangunna, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Olufemi Adegbesan, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Omowunmi Adisa, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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Dr Ndidi Mercy Ofole is an Associate Professor in the Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies. Her research interest includes mental health, gender and inclusivity, ICT in education, adolescent reproductive health.

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