An Application Study on the Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy in Medical Students with Social Anxiety
- VernacularTitle:认知行为团体疗法在社交焦虑医学生中的应用研究
- Author:
Aihua HUANG
;
Naizheng ZHANG
;
Lei LI
;
Juanli WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy;
Social Anxiety;
Medical Students;
Doctor-patient Rela-tionship
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2016;29(2):233-236
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effects of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on relieving social anxiety of medical students and thus improve the communication ability of medical students. Methods: The medical students with social anxiety in our school were randomly divided into two groups. The subjects in the control group and the experiment group were given with the routine mental health education and the cognitive-behavioral group therapy respectively. The cognitive, emotional, and behavioral levels were measured before and after intervention using Interaction Anxious-ness Scale ( IAS ) , Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale ( FNE ) , Social Avoidance and Distress Scale ( SAD) , and in order to evaluate the effects of cognitive-behavioral group therapy. Results:After the intervention of cognitive-behavioral group therapy in medical students, all the three levels of anxiety were im-proved significantly in the experimental group than those in the control group ( P<0 . 05 ) . Conclusion:Cognitive-behavioral group therapy could effectively decrease the level of social anxiety for medical students.
