Effectiveness of Existential Counseling for Vulnerable Groups: A Meta-Analysis
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Objective: To synthesize the existential counseling for vulnerable groups by studying the research characteristics affecting the effectiveness of existential counseling and to compare the outcome of different existential approach between logotherapy and existential-humanistic approach in vulnerable groups. Materials and methods: 32 research of existential counseling in vulnerable groups published in Thailand between 2000 and 2019 were synthesized with a meta-analysis method. The effect sizes from meta-analysis indicate the degree of impact on the effectiveness of the counseling. Data were collected with self-designed research quality assessment forms and research characteristic coding forms and analyzed the data with random effect model. Results: The research characteristics composed of sample factors (sex, age, sample number), existential approach factors (logotherapy, existential-humanistic approach), psychological variables factors (psychopathology, self-efficacy, meaning in life) type of counseling factors (individual counseling, group counseling) and counseling plan factors (number of sessions, frequency, duration per sessions, total counseling period) gave the effect size no different except sex of sample had significant effect size at .05. The outcome of different existential approach gave the effectiveness of the counseling no different. Conclusion: Existential counseling for vulnerable groups was effectiveness in itself and can be applied for vulnerable persons in all styles. Counselor was a key person who made the counseling success.
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เรื่องที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารจิตวิทยาคลินิกแล้วถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์การเผยแพร่โดยวารสารจิตวิทยาคลินิกแต่เพียงผู้เดียว การตีพิมพ์หรือเผยแพร่ซ้ำในที่อื่นต้องได้รับอนุญาตจากกองบรรณาธิการวารสารฯ
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