Open AccessIntervention Study of Group Counseling for Meaning in Life on Relapse Tendency of Drug Addicts
Author(s) -
Jiawen Luo,
Bingmei Zhang,
Cheng Yan,
Huan Li,
Hongxiu Tan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of education and humanities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2770-6702
DOI - 10.54097/ijeh.v2i2.268
Subject(s) - psychology , drug addict , catharsis , addiction , intervention (counseling) , psychotherapist , meaning (existential) , clinical psychology , group psychotherapy , group counseling , interpersonal communication , psychiatry , social psychology , psychoanalysis
In order to understand the intervention effect of the meaning in life group psychological counseling on the relapse tendency of drug addicts, "Chinese Meaning in Life Questionnaire", "Source of Meaning in Life Scale", "Scale of Perceived Social Support", "Relapse Tendency Questionnaire" and "Therapeutic Factor Questionnaire for Group Psychotherapy" were used as measurement tools. A group psychological counseling intervention study was carried out on 24 drug addicts (12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group)The results showed that: (1) Group counseling integrated with the meaning in life content can significantly improve the sense of life meaning and social support of drug addicts, and reduce their relapse tendency, but the long-term effect is insufficient.(2) The key therapeutic factors in this group psychotherapy are, in order of importance, emotional catharsis, family situation reproduction, existence awareness factor, interpersonal learning, interpersonal learning acquisition, hope reconstruction, group cohesion and self-understanding.