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KMID : 0607320030120010005
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Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2003 Volume.12 No. 1 p.5 ~ p.14
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The Effects of Solution-Focused Group Counseling on the Purpose in life and Depression in the Delinquent Juveniles
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Abstract
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Purpose: To designed to examine the effects of solution-focused group counseling on the purpose in life and depression in the delinquent juveniles
Methods: The subjects consisted of 60 delinquent juveniles who had been placed under probation in Kwang-ju, and recruited from Oct., 2000 to Dec., 2000.
The solution-focused group counseling was conducted for the experimental group once a week for 120 to 180 minutes for 6 weeks, and not for the control group.
For both groups the level of purpose in life and depression were measured before and after the experiment.
Result: 1. The purpose-in life increased in the experimental group and significantly decreased in the control group. A significant difference between the two groups was not revealed.
2. The depression significantly decreased in the experimental group and significantly increased in the control group. A significant difference between the two groups was revealed.
Conclusion: This study seems likely that solution-focused group-counseling has a positive effect on the depression.
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