Yin Yue, Ko Kyung Soon
Kunming University, Kunming, China.
Department of Creative Arts Therapy, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jun 27;15:1387847. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1387847. eCollection 2024.
This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group therapy on the stress coping skills of Chinese students in Korea using a pre-test post-test control group design.
Thirty participants were randomly placed into an experimental group (EG; = 15) and a control group (CG; = 15). The EG completed eight 120-min sessions of group art therapy. The Person-in-the-Rain (PITR) drawing test was conducted with both groups before and after the EG completed art therapy.
The test revealed that EG members demonstrated lower stress and significantly higher stress resources and coping abilities than the CG members after the intervention. The group art therapy program improved the EG participants' ability to deal with stress.
This study's findings may offer insights useful for determining how best to provide psychological and emotional support to international students who have left their home countries and are continuing their academic journeys abroad.
本研究旨在采用前测后测控制组设计,确定团体治疗对在韩国的中国学生压力应对技能的有效性。
30名参与者被随机分为实验组(EG;n = 15)和对照组(CG;n = 15)。实验组完成了八节120分钟的团体艺术治疗课程。在实验组完成艺术治疗前后,两组都进行了雨中之人(PITR)绘画测试。
测试显示,干预后,实验组成员的压力低于对照组成员,压力资源和应对能力显著高于对照组成员。团体艺术治疗项目提高了实验组参与者应对压力的能力。
本研究结果可能为确定如何最好地为离开祖国并在国外继续学业的国际学生提供心理和情感支持提供有用的见解。