Evaluation on effect of psychological adaptation intervention among freshmen in an independent college

Abstract:Objective To explore how to improve the adaptability of freshmen in independent college with group counseling and psychological health education.Methods The freshmen from an independent college in Shenyang,Liaoning province were randomly divided into an intervention group and a control group.The intervention group received a series of group counseling and psychological health education for 3 months,while the control group received no intervention.All the freshmen were administered with Symptom Checklist-90(SCL-90) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ) before and after the intervention.Results Before the intervention,the total score of SCL-90 for the intervention group and the control group were 164.88±39.73 and 156.44±34.18; after the intervention,the total scores of the two groups were 140.14±29.54 and 156.04±34.74.There were significant differences in the score of SCL-90 between the intervention and the control group both before and after the intervention(P < 0.05 or P < 0.01).After the intervention,the score of extraversion,neuroticism,and psychoticism was 58.65±7.70,47.60±8.89,and 41.21±5.83 for the intervention group and 54.37±9.29,51.51±9.65,and 43.20±6.03 for the control group,respectively,with statistically significant differences(P <0.05 or P <0.01).Conclusion The adaptability group counseling and psychological health education can improve adaptive capacity among freshmen in independent college.