Author(s)

Chun Liu, Ruihong He, Jiangxing Zhang^*

Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.

Research purpose: to verify the preventive effect of developmental group psychological counseling on the psychological crisis of international students in colleges and universities, and provide a basis for the psychological crisis intervention of these students. The researchers of the study carried out a sampling questionnaire survey among 10 universities in China, and group intervention was conducted to select subjects that fit the measurement significance. The survey adopts the Coping Style Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, the Adolescent Life Stress Scale, and the Crisis Vulnerability Scale to evaluate the effects before and after the interventions. The results show that after the counselling, significant differences emerged in the coping styles of Help-seeking (T = -2.31, p < 0.05), Problem-solving (T = -0.41, p < 0.05), Rationalizing (T = -0.06, p < 0.05) and Friends’ support (T = 2.37, p < 0.05). Therefore, the paper concludes that through group counseling, international students would see their ability improve in solving problems, seeking help and perceiving friends’ support.

Developmental Group Counseling, International Students, Psychological Crisis

Liu, C. , He, R. and Zhang, J. (2022) Application of the Developmental Group Counseling in the Prevention of Psychological Crisis among International Students. Psychology, 13, 618-630. doi: 10.4236/psych.2022.134042.