Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Solution-Focused Group Counseling Program to Increase Self-Control in University Students

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness of the solution-focused group counseling program aimed at increasing the self-control levels of university students. The research is an experimental study with experimental-control group with pre-test, post-test and follow-up measurement design. The study group of the research consisted of 26 university students. Within the scope of this research, 13 of the students were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 13 to the control group. In the research, university students in the experimental group were given 6 sessions (each session is between 90-120 minutes and one day a week) of solution-focused group psychological counseling once a week. No studies were conducted on the control group. In this study, “Self-Control Scale” and “Personal Information Form” were used as data collection tools. Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the research, it was determined that the solution-focused group was more effective than the control group in increasing self-control. In addition, it was determined that this effectiveness was maintained in the follow-up test performed at the end of three months.