Evaluating the Influence of Group Guidance and Counseling Services on the Self-Efficacy of Children Living In Orphanages in Bungoma County
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of group guidance and counselling services on the selfefficacy
of
orphaned
children
living
in
orphanages
in
Bungoma
County.
The
researcher
adopted
the
ex-post
facto
research
design.
The
population
of
the
study
was
2132
orphans
in
the
20
orphanages.
280
of
the
orphans
in
all
the
20
orphanages
were
interviewed.
One
(1)
caregiver
and
one
(1)
administrator
(again
per
orphanage)
were
interviewed. Out of a total of 20 Children’s Homes in Bungoma County, the researcher purposively
sampled 280 orphans that were interviewed. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect data
from the respondents who included the orphans, orphanages administrators and caregivers. The self-efficacy
scale of 1-4 was converted to between 0-100. The data was prepared, coded and analysed using the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Strict ethical considerations were observed during the study. The
study established that there was a positive and significant relationship between self-efficacy of orphaned
children and group guidance and counselling services. The study‘s recommendations for policy was that the
government should come up with policies to guide all the orphanages in Kenya, including the process of guiding
and counselling. Recommendations for practice were that group guiding and counselling services should be
encouraged in orphanages as they create confidence among orphans. By way of confiding into each other, they
realise that they have shared challenges, and this builds their resilience.