期刊名称：International Journal of Behavioral Science (IJBS)
印刷版ISSN：1906-4675
出版年度：2011
卷号：6
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：Srinakharinwirot University
摘要：The objectives of this study were to analyze adolescent students’autonomy components, to reassemble group counseling programs and tocompare group counseling effectiveness in enhancing the students’autonomy. The samples were 1,114 grade 1 - 3 Thai adolescent studentsselected for the autonomy component study. Subsequently, eightstudents as an experimental group and eight students as a control groupwere randomly selected from 24 Sansai Wittayakom School students withtotal autonomy scores at 25th percentile and lower. A ConfirmatoryFactor Analysis verified that the autonomy functioning model wasconsistent with the empirical data and characterized into seven high loadingfactors (p < .05); namely, self-efficacy, self-regulation, self-reliance, selfconfidence,self-responsibility, self-assertiveness and self-evaluation. Eachfactor covered four areas: academic performance, personal care, peerrelationship and parental/guardian connectedness. A three- stage groupcounseling, the initial stage, the transition and working stage, and thefinal stage, was constructed by integrating counseling theories andtechniques to enhance the students’ autonomy. Statistically significantdifferences (p < .05) in the total and each autonomy component of theexperimental group existed before, after counseling and after the follow upperiod. Moreover, statistically significant differences (p < .05) in thetotal and each autonomy component between the experimental groupand the control group existed before, after counseling and after thefollow up period.Keywords: Autonomy Adolescence Group Counseling.
