국내 집단상담 연구 동향

Abstract

Objectives The purposes of this study were to find out the recent trends in domestic group counseling research and implications for follow-up studies.
 Methods The authors searched for the subjects of “group counseling” or “group therapy” from 2011 to 2021 from RISS, selected 695 articles published in the Korean Research Foundation's registered (candidate) journals, and analyzed them according to the analysis frame of Kwon Kyung-in and Jo Su-yeon(2010). The articles were classified into outcome studies of group counseling, process studies, and other studies. Among them, outcome studies were classified into effect studies, studies using meta analysis, and program development studies. The effect studies were classified into total 15 items by adding 4 items(co-leader & observer, Cronbach α, data analysis method, theoretical approach) to 11 items of Kwon Kyung-in and Jo Su-yeon(2010). Process studies were classified into group process-outcome studies, therapeutic factors, case qualitative analysis of group process, outcome prediction from group counselor and client characteristics, and feedback. Finally, other studies were subdivided into overview studies, theoretical studies, and others.
 Results 604 outcome studies of group counseling, 76 process studies, and 15 other studies were classified. As a significant result of outcome studies, the characteristics of group members were diversified, and studies targeting the elderly, pair, and multicultural characteristics emerged. In the theoretical approach, cognitive behavior theory was the most common, followed by an integrated approach. As a significant result of process studies, studies targeting group counselors and case qualitative analysis of group process were the most common. Finally, in other studies, studies related to group counseling ethics began to appear.
 Conclusions The authors described the characteristics of group counseling studies developed after the research on group counseling trends of Kim Kay-Hyon(2001), Kwon Kyung-in and Jo Su-yeon(2010). Also the implications for future research were discussed, at the end, the limitations of this study were described.