Journal article
The Effect of Solution-Focused Group Counseling Intervention on College Students' Internet Addiction: A Pilot Study
Xinhe Zhang, Xiaoxuan Shi, Shuowei Xu, Jingwen Qiu, Ofir Turel, Qinghua He
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | MDPI | Published : 2020
Abstract
This pilot study aimed to explore the effect of solution-focused group counseling intervention on Internet addiction among college students. Eighteen college students participated in this study, out of which nine subjects were assigned into the experimental group and the rest (n = 9) to a control group. The experimental group received group counseling for five weeks, while the control group did not receive any intervention. The revised version of the Chinese Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS-R) was used to capture pre-test and post-test excessive use in the two groups. The experimental group was also subjected to a follow-up test and self-reported Internet addiction scores six months after the ..
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Awarded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Awarded by Planning Subject for the 13th Five Year Plan of National Education Sciences
Awarded by Chongqing Social Science Planning Project
Awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Awarded by Open Research Fund of the Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Awarded by High-end Foreign Expert Introduction Program
Funding Acknowledgements
X.Z. was supported by research grants from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SWU1709618), the Planning Subject for the 13th Five Year Plan of National Education Sciences (EBA180462), and the Chongqing Social Science Planning Project (2016BS104). Q.H. was supported by research grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31972906), Open Research Fund of the Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KLMH2019K05), and High-end Foreign Expert Introduction Program (G20190022029).