The Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy on Anxiety and Emotion Regulation in Thai Middle School Students.

IF 1 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-08-13 DOI:10.1007/s10447-022-09482-0

Boonjira Chonthannathi, Kullaya Pisitsungkagarn, Somboon Jurukasemthawee

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This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy (CBGT) in alleviating anxiety and enhancing emotion regulation in community-sample Thai middle school students. Forty-seven community-sample students in Grades 7-9 with elevated SCARED scores participated in this pre-post treatment-control study. Twenty-three in the treatment group attended the eight-session 2-hour semi-weekly CBGT. The remaining were the control group. Before and after the intervention, the participants completed the measures of anxiety and emotion regulation. Data obtained were subsequently analyzed using repeated-measures and between-groups MANOVAs. At post-intervention, the treatment group reported a significant decrease in anxiety but a significant increase in emotion regulation. Furthermore, when compared with the control group, their anxiety score was significantly lower but their emotion regulation score was significantly higher, respectively. Findings supported the benefits of CBGT in reducing anxiety in Thai middle school students and in enhancing their emotion regulation skills. Therapeutic implications for anxiety reduction were discussed.

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认知行为团体治疗对泰国中学生焦虑和情绪调节的影响。

本研究旨在探讨认知行为团体治疗(CBGT)在泰国社区中学生焦虑缓解和情绪调节中的作用。47名社区样本7-9年级学生参加了治疗前-治疗后对照研究。治疗组23人参加了8次2小时的半周CBGT。其余为对照组。干预前后，参与者分别完成焦虑和情绪调节的测量。随后使用重复测量和组间方差分析分析获得的数据。在干预后，治疗组报告焦虑显著减少，但情绪调节显著增加。此外，与对照组相比，他们的焦虑得分显著低于对照组，而情绪调节得分显著高于对照组。研究结果支持CBGT在减少泰国中学生焦虑和提高他们的情绪调节技能方面的益处。讨论了减少焦虑的治疗意义。

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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