Intervention Study of Group Counseling for Meaning in Life on Relapse Tendency of Drug Addicts

Jiawen Luo; Bingmei Zhang; Yan Cai; Huan Li; Hongxiu Tan

doi:10.54097/ijeh.v2i2.268

Authors

Jiawen Luo
Bingmei Zhang
Yan Cai
Huan Li
Hongxiu Tan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v2i2.268

Keywords:

Drug addicts, Meaning in life, Relapse tendency, Group psychological counseling

Abstract

In order to understand the intervention effect of the meaning in life group psychological counseling on the relapse tendency of drug addicts, "Chinese Meaning in Life Questionnaire", "Source of Meaning in Life Scale", "Scale of Perceived Social Support", "Relapse Tendency Questionnaire" and "Therapeutic Factor Questionnaire for Group Psychotherapy" were used as measurement tools. A group psychological counseling intervention study was carried out on 24 drug addicts (12 in the experimental group and 12 in the control group)The results showed that: (1) Group counseling integrated with the meaning in life content can significantly improve the sense of life meaning and social support of drug addicts, and reduce their relapse tendency, but the long-term effect is insufficient.(2) The key therapeutic factors in this group psychotherapy are, in order of importance, emotional catharsis, family situation reproduction, existence awareness factor, interpersonal learning, interpersonal learning acquisition, hope reconstruction, group cohesion and self-understanding.

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