The Effectiveness of a Worksheet Program Based on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy in Decreasing the Function of School Refusal Behavior

Abstract

In this study, the researchers conducted a Solution-Focused program based on the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy for 128 junior high school students (67 males and 61 females) in their first and second grades. The purpose of this study is to reveal the transition of the function of school refusal behavior scores after the implementation of the program and to examine the relationship between the effects of the “Solution-Focused program” in the first and second grades as well as the function of school refusal behavior in the third grade. A decrease in the function of school refusal behavior was found in a certain number of students after undergoing the Solution-Focused program in the first and second grades. Students who showed a decrease in the function of school refusal behavior throughout the two years exhibited a lower school refusal behavior in third grade than others. Thus, the researchers found that the implementation of the Solution-Focused program using worksheets based on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is effective in preventing school refusal among junior high school students.