TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of solution-focused group therapy in ethnic chinese school settings
T2 - A meta-analysis
AU - Gong, Huoliang
AU - Hsu, Weisu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - In order to assess the effectiveness and the moderators of the effects of solution-focused group therapy (SFGT) in ethnic Chinese school settings, we used a meta-analytic method to synthesize 24 studies from Taiwan and China. The results showed that the overall effect sizes of SFGT’s immediate and follow-up effects were 1.03 and 1.09, respectively, and were positive and large in ethnic Chinese school settings. The overall SFGT immediate effect size was large for all school levels, except for junior high schools (d =.61). The overall SFGT immediate effect size for internalizing behavior problems was 1.06, and for family and relationship problems it was 94. This study offers significant evidence pointing to SFGT’s high degree of effectiveness in ethnic Chinese school settings. Implications for the use of SFGT in school settings and Chinese culture are discussed.
AB - In order to assess the effectiveness and the moderators of the effects of solution-focused group therapy (SFGT) in ethnic Chinese school settings, we used a meta-analytic method to synthesize 24 studies from Taiwan and China. The results showed that the overall effect sizes of SFGT’s immediate and follow-up effects were 1.03 and 1.09, respectively, and were positive and large in ethnic Chinese school settings. The overall SFGT immediate effect size was large for all school levels, except for junior high schools (d =.61). The overall SFGT immediate effect size for internalizing behavior problems was 1.06, and for family and relationship problems it was 94. This study offers significant evidence pointing to SFGT’s high degree of effectiveness in ethnic Chinese school settings. Implications for the use of SFGT in school settings and Chinese culture are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207284.2016.1240588
DO - 10.1080/00207284.2016.1240588
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021637149
SN - 0020-7284
VL - 67
SP - 383
EP - 409
JO - International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
JF - International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
IS - 3
ER -