The research of group counseling in single-parent children

• Main Authors: Lee, I-Wen, 李意文
• Other Authors: 陳慶福
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32149756374195310302

碩士 === 國立屏東師範學院 === 心理輔導教育研究所 === 92 === The purpose of this research was to develop a suitable group counseling program for single-parent children of third and forth grades. This study was analyzed through qualitative research design and examined its workability. The subjects of this research were seven fourth-grade children from divorced families in Kaohsiung city. This research was conducted for ten weeks, once a week, and each time for fifty minutes. The subjects were interviewed with sentence-completion sheet designed by the researcher and Chinese Health Questionnaire（CHQ） was also used for understanding the subjects’ situation of mental health before and after the group counseling . Interviews with these children and their teachers as well as the researcher’s observations were provided for further discussion. The main findings were as followed: 1. Group counseling had positive effects on single-parent children in cognition, emotion, and behaviors. 2. With following meetings and individual interviews, group counseling had continuous effects on single-parent children for the next five months after the program was implemented. 3. Both the single-parent children and their teachers held positive views toward joining this group counseling program. 4. This group counseling program was suitable for children of forth grades from divorced families for it was well structured and plenty of instrumentalities were used. 5. This study was completed through qualitative research design, and therefore it could reflect a more complete process and results of the group counseling . Based on the findings above, suggestions for carrying out this research of group counseling and further study were also discussed.