Effects of Group Psychological Service on Mental Health of Children Left behind in Rural Areas
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2009.11.014
- VernacularTitle:团体心理辅导对农村留守儿童的心理影响
- Author:
Yanling LAN
;
Huixiang YOU
;
Jingzhi CAI
;
Yan LI
;
Xiujuan TANG
;
Yun ZHOU
;
Yiening QIN
;
Yanyan ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
group psychological service;
children left behind in rural areas;
mentality;
comparative observation
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2009;23(11):819-823
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective：To explore the effect of group psychological service on mental health of the children left behind in rural areas.Methods：Totally 222 children left behind in rural areas were selected randomly and divided into intervention group and control group.The intervention group accepted 8 times of group psychological service.The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ),Center for Epidemiological Studies of Depression scale for Children(CES-DC),Rutter Children's Behavior questionnaire for completion by teacher,Piers-Harris Children `s Self-concept Scale(PHCSS)were used in both groups to evaluate the effect at baseline,the end of the 7th intervention,and 6 months after the end of the intervention.Results：After intervention,the intervention group got lower scores than control group in EPQ-N [(8.2±5.8)vs.(10.2±6.1),P<0.05]in the first retest,and in CES-DC [(15.9±7.3)vs.(18.8±7.7),P<0.05]in the second retest.The group gained higher scores in anxietyand happy and satisfaction factors of PHCSS [(6.6±3.4)vs.(5.6±2.7),(6.5±1.9)vs.(5.7±1.8);Ps<0.05]. Conclusion：Group psychological service are effective to children left behind in rural areas with depression emotion and had a role in children's personality remodeling.
