Examining the Effect of Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Based Group Counseling on Psychological Resilience
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This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)-based group counseling in improving specific aspects of psychological resilience, namely escaping stressors and maintaining coping skills, in university students with below-average resilience scores. A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control-group design was used for two separate interventions. In the first intervention, 225 students completed the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and 16 students with below-average scores (8 in the experimental group, 8 in the control group) were selected (x̅ = 15.76, SD = 4.79). In the second intervention, 58 students were screened, and 16 with below-average scores (8 in the experimental group, 8 in the control group) were selected (x̅ = 16.92, SD = 5.02). Participants in the experimental group attended eight weeks of online IPT-based group counseling sessions, each lasting 60 minutes, while the control group received no intervention. Psychological resilience was measured at three time points (pre-test, post-test, and 3-month follow-up) and analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). In both interventions, the experimental groups showed statistically and clinically significant improvements in psychological resilience from pre-test to follow-up compared to the control groups. In Intervention 1, the experimental group showed a significant difference from pre-test to follow-up (F = 10.950, p = .010), with a high effect size. The control group showed significant differences from pre-test to post-test and follow-up (F = 13.488, p = .001). In Intervention 2, the experimental group showed a significant difference from pre-test to follow-up (F = 10.806, p = .001), with a large effect size. No significant difference was observed in the control group (F = 5.822, p = .014). Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)-based group counseling effectively supports recovery and adaptive coping among low-resistance college students. While the small sample size and online format impose limitations, the findings suggest that IPT warrants further research across broader, more diverse student populations.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Interpersonal psychotherapy, Psychological resilience, Well-being
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