Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students
IntroductionDue to the acceleration of modern life rhythm, students with developing minds are susceptible to negative external influences, leading to a growing concern for their mental health. Boarding primary school students have limited interaction with relatives compared to their non-boarding cou...
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| author | Peng Wang Junchi Ma Longlong Du Qiulian Xing Xinyu Cheng Mingzhu Zhang Fei Geng Yuanxin Zheng Fangxiao Zheng Mei Tian |
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| description | IntroductionDue to the acceleration of modern life rhythm, students with developing minds are susceptible to negative external influences, leading to a growing concern for their mental health. Boarding primary school students have limited interaction with relatives compared to their non-boarding counterparts, rendering them more prone to feelings of depression and loneliness, resulting in various negative emotions. Therefore, our study aimed to explore the effects of group counseling interventions on reducing depression and loneliness among adolescents.MethodsThe study analyzed loneliness and depression before and after the intervention in eight randomly selected classes of fifth-grade students at a boarding school in a region of Shandong Province, which were divided into an experimental group and a control group.ResultsWithin the experimental group, there were no substantial variations in loneliness and depression levels. In the control group, post-test depression results significantly surpassed pre-test scores (p = 0.046), though loneliness levels did not differ significantly. Conversely, the experimental group displayed significantly reduced post-test depression levels compared to the control group (p = 0.037), with no significant variance in loneliness.ConclusionThe findings indicated that group psychological counseling mitigates depression in the experimental group to a certain extent, affirming the efficacy of the intervention. The study demonstrated that group counseling alleviates depression in boarding students, emphasizing the value of the intervention. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-36fc5bf75f034625ae12e5d223bc27242025-01-03T05:10:19ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652025-01-011210.3389/fpubh.2024.14626341462634Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school studentsPeng Wang0Junchi Ma1Longlong Du2Qiulian Xing3Xinyu Cheng4Mingzhu Zhang5Fei Geng6Yuanxin Zheng7Fangxiao Zheng8Mei Tian9School of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaCollege of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, ChinaNormal College, Weifang Institute of Technology, Weifang, ChinaCollege of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, ChinaSchool of Digital Creativity, Shandong College Of Electronic Technology, Jinan, ChinaCollege of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, ChinaCollege of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, ChinaCollege of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, ChinaCollege of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, ChinaSchool of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, ChinaIntroductionDue to the acceleration of modern life rhythm, students with developing minds are susceptible to negative external influences, leading to a growing concern for their mental health. Boarding primary school students have limited interaction with relatives compared to their non-boarding counterparts, rendering them more prone to feelings of depression and loneliness, resulting in various negative emotions. Therefore, our study aimed to explore the effects of group counseling interventions on reducing depression and loneliness among adolescents.MethodsThe study analyzed loneliness and depression before and after the intervention in eight randomly selected classes of fifth-grade students at a boarding school in a region of Shandong Province, which were divided into an experimental group and a control group.ResultsWithin the experimental group, there were no substantial variations in loneliness and depression levels. In the control group, post-test depression results significantly surpassed pre-test scores (p = 0.046), though loneliness levels did not differ significantly. Conversely, the experimental group displayed significantly reduced post-test depression levels compared to the control group (p = 0.037), with no significant variance in loneliness.ConclusionThe findings indicated that group psychological counseling mitigates depression in the experimental group to a certain extent, affirming the efficacy of the intervention. The study demonstrated that group counseling alleviates depression in boarding students, emphasizing the value of the intervention.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1462634/fullboarding primary school studentsgroup psychological counselingdepressionlonelinessintervention |
| spellingShingle | Peng Wang Junchi Ma Longlong Du Qiulian Xing Xinyu Cheng Mingzhu Zhang Fei Geng Yuanxin Zheng Fangxiao Zheng Mei Tian Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students Frontiers in Public Health boarding primary school students group psychological counseling depression loneliness intervention |
| title | Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students |
| title_full | Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students |
| title_fullStr | Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students |
| title_short | Buffering or not working: group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students |
| title_sort | buffering or not working group counseling for depression and loneliness among boarding primary school students |
| topic | boarding primary school students group psychological counseling depression loneliness intervention |
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