|
KMID : 0608420040170020073
|
|
Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
2004 Volume.17 No. 2 p.73 ~ p.83
|
|
|
Effects of Solution-focused Group Counseling on School Attitude, Self-esteem and Hope in School Maladjusted Adolescents
|
|
Kim Soo-Jin
Lee Chung-Sook
Yang Mi-Hwa
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Purpose : This study was designed to examine the effects of solution-focused group counseling on the school attitude, self-esteem and hope in school maladjusted adolescents.
Methods : The research design of this study was a non-equivalent control group pre-post test design. Thirty middle school students referred to a community mental health center in G city for school maladjustment from a school and welfare center were assigned to the experimental group and thirty middle school students in care for school maladjustment at a welfare center were assigned to the control group. The solution-focused group counseling for the experimental group was conducted once a week for 90 minutes during 6 weeks. The data were collected from December 10, 2003 to May 23, 2004. The data was analyzed by χ2-test, t-test and paired t-test using the SAS program.
Results : 1) School attitude increased significantly after solution-focused group counseling (t=6.036 p=.001). 2) Self-esteem increased significantly after solution focused group counseling (t=2.705, p=.010). 3) Hope increased significantly after solution-focused group counseling (t=3.671, p=.001).
Conclusion : Solution-focused group counseling appears to be a very effective intervention for school maladjusted adolescents by increasing self-.esteem, positive school attitude, hope and coping with problems.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
solution- focused group counseling, school maladjusted adolescents, school attitude, self-esteem hope
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|