Abstract

The purpose of this study is to deeply explore the meaning and essence of graduate students’ experiences by participating in the interpersonal relationship improvement group counseling program through phenomenological research. To this end, we conducted in-depth interviews with 8 participants who participated in the interpersonal relationship improvement group counseling program among graduate students of Seoul National University about their experiences of participating in the group counseling program and analyzed the data. Giorgi’s phenomenological research method was applied and analyzed, and 5 core components and 14 sub-components were derived from 215 semantic units. As a result of the study, the five key components were 〈Before participating in group counseling: the need for interpersonal skills grows〉, 〈Experience after participation in group counseling: I was able to tell my story〉, and〈Changes after participating in group counseling: I gained interpersonal skills and skills〉. Through this study, Seoul National University graduate students’ experiences of participating in the interpersonal relationship improvement group counseling program and their meaning were in-depth investigated, and the counseling implications for change and growth were derived and described

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