Abstract

This study verified the effect of non-face-to-face DBT skill training program on dysfunctional thinking, social avoidance and distress, and social interaction anxiety of college students. Twenty university students enrolled in a university located in City G were selected for this study. Ten students were assigned to each of the experimental and control group. The subjects in the experimental group participated in a non-face-to-face DBT skill training group program for 120 minutes once a week, for a total of 8 sessions. In order to confirm the difference between the experimental group and the control group, pre-tests and post-tests were conducted, and a follow-up test was conducted 4 weeks after the end of the program. The result of the study showed that dysfunctional thinking, social avoidance and distress, and social interaction anxiety were significantly reduced only in the experimental group. In the case of dysfunctional thinking and social avoidance and distress, there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores and the pre-test and follow up scores. On the other hand, in the case of social interaction anxiety, unlike other scales, it showed a more significant difference in post-test and follow up scores, as well as in pre-test and post-test scores and pre-test and follow up scores. This study is significant in that it confirmed that the DBT skill training program developed to treat borderline personality disorder was also effective in treating anxiety. Finally, methods and directions for further research were proposed.

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