| Effect of a Cognitive - Behavior al Group Therapy on The Depression, Self-Esteem of College Women |
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In-Ohg Oh |
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Department of Nursing, The graduate of School. Yonsei University |
| 인지행동 집단치료가 여대생의 우울과 자아존중감에 미치는 효과 -간호대학생을중심으로- |
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오인옥 |
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연세의료원 정신과 병동 간호사 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study is to identity the effect of a cognitive behavioral group therapy on the de pression and self-esteem of college women. This study employed a one group pre-post test study de sign. The data were collected from 10 subjects from October 8 to December 17th, 1998 in a Y. University in seoul, Korea.
The cognitive behavioral group therapy used in this study was developed based upon the cognitive behavioral therapy of Beck(1978). The subjects were participated in the therapy 9() minutes or 2 hours a session for 8 session. The session was opened once or twice a week.
Beck Depression Inventory of Beckf 1978) and Self-Es teem Inventory of Coopersmith(1968) were the instruments to collect the data. Data analysis was done using SPSS Windows and Wilcoxon sign rank test used to find the differences between pre-test and post-test.
There were 10 subjects in thise group. This group has 3 freshmans, 1 sophomore, 3 juniors and 3 seniors and average age of subjects was 21.1.
This study indicated that the depression was sig nificantly decreased and the self-esteen was signifi -cantly incresed after the therapy indicating t he positive effect of the therapy.
As a conclusion, this cognitive behavioral group therapy was effective in improving the depression and self-esteem of college women. |
| Key Words:
Cognitive behavior therapy; depres sion; Self-esteem |
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