The purpose of this study was to help school maladjusted adolescents better adjust to school, by implementing Solution Focused Group Therapy Program on the basis of Ecosystem Perspective. For this purpose, three aspects were studied; literature review...
The purpose of this study was to help school maladjusted adolescents better adjust to school, by implementing Solution Focused Group Therapy Program on the basis of Ecosystem Perspective. For this purpose, three aspects were studied; literature reviews on Ecosystem Perspective, the characteristics of school-maladjusted adolescents, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy. On the basis of the literature, a eight-session group counseling program within the framework of the Solution Focused Brief therapy was developed and this program was implemented to six school-maladjusted students from S middle school in cooperation with B Youth Center.
Quasi-Experimental Design was used to measure the effectiveness of the interaction among group members, and the pre-, middle-, post- test were performed. Further, self-assessment on goal attainment of group members was used to measure the effectiveness of the intervention. Individual changes of maladjusted adolescents were observed and the group process was analyzed.
The results of the study were summarized as follows. First, the scores of self-esteem, peer relationship, and family relationship were increased. The pre-, post- scores of the family relationship were much higher than those of other elements. Positive feedback through peer and family relationship was effective for the changes of the study participants. Further, the collaborative relationship between this researcher and adolescent participants contributed to the accelerated changes of the adolescents.
Second, the score of the questionnaire regarding school attitude improved. However, the mutual interactions between the adolescent participants and school teachers were not satisfactory. Further the program lacked the elements of improving the interactive relationships between the adolescent participants and school teachers.
Third, as the implemented program was being continued, until the third session, there was a little changes in evaluation scores of self-assessment by the adolescent participants. However, from the fourth session, there was a remarkable increase in the scores. Thus, it is concluded that Solution Focused Brief Therapy Program can provid an effective approach to help school maladjusted adolescents better adjust to school environment.
This study has the following implications. First, the program implemented in this study contributed to the establishment of the foundation as an effective intervention for school maladjusted adolescents. Second, this study suggested some directions for the treatment of school maladjusted adolescents. Third, this study proved the high level of practicability of Solution Focused Brief Therapy model in the school social work field. Lastly, this study suggested a school-oriented integrated service for the school maladjusted adolescents.