Therapeutic analysis of group psychological counseling on psychological anxiety of cross-major college students

Abstract

Background

Cross-major college students often suffer from psychological anxiety due to problems such as subject change and increased learning pressure. Group counseling is considered to be an effective treatment method, but its role in the treatment of inter-professional college students’ psychological anxiety remains unclear.

Subjects and Methods

100 cross-major college students were selected as research objects and randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group received 60 minutes of group counseling once a week for 8 weeks. The control group received no intervention. The psychological anxiety symptoms of the two groups of students were evaluated before, after and at the follow-up point by using the Baker Anxiety Self-Rating Scale and the Course Improvement Assessment Scale. SPSS23.0 software was used for statistical analysis of the data in this study.

Results

After group counseling intervention, the psychological anxiety symptoms of the experimental group students were significantly reduced (P<0.001), and the intervention effect was significant (P<0.001). Compared with the control group, the experimental group showed significant improvement in psychological anxiety symptoms.

Conclusions

Group counseling has a positive effect on the healing of mental anxiety in cross-professional college students. By participating in group psychological counseling, students can get emotional support, psychological education, and skill training, which can effectively reduce psychological anxiety symptoms. Therefore, in the management of inter-professional college students’ mental health, we should attach importance to the application of group psychological counseling in order to provide more effective treatment and support.

Acknowledgement

The key project of Education Science Planning of Heilongjiang Province in 2021 (No. GJB1421625); The project of Research and Reform Practice about New Liberal Arts of Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education in 2021 (No. 2021HLJXWY055).