Attribution-based Group Intervention And Its Effects Of Vocational Students From Single-parent Families

As the culture diversifies, Chinese people's mentality towards love and marriage also undergoes a lot of changes. The number of single-parent and divorced families is increasing. More attention should be paid to the physical and mental development of children from single-parent families. Among these, depression is an obvious one. Many existing researches have concluded that depression is more serious in teenagers from single-parent families than those from dual-parent families. However, most of these researches focus on students in high schools or universities, and rarely are any researches focusing on those from secondary vocational schools. Based on a sample survey on the depression of vocational students from single-parent families, this research analyzed the main reasons for their depression, designed a group counseling plan accordingly, and verified the effectiveness of intervention through practices.Many existing researches both within the country and abroad, have concluded that psychological issues exist more often in students from single-parent families than students from dual-parent families. However, there are only few researches that focus on helping vocational students from single-parent families with depression issues. Therefore,this research aims to find an effective method which can be applied in secondary vocational schools to help vocational students with depression by implementing psychological intervention. With this aim in mind, we carried out two researches as shown below:Research one: We have selected a set ratio of vocational students from single-parent and dual-parent families, and asked them to complete a survey to better understand the condition of their depression and academic attribution. We then compared the difference in the two groups' depression conditions and academic attribution to facilitate the design of a group counseling plan. The research results showed that compared to dual-parent families, students from single-parent families, tended to display higher positive attribution and lower negative attribution.Research two include two studies. O n basis of the CBT Theory and Attribution Theory, study 1 devised a group counseling plan. The group counseling plan selected students from the affiliated medical school of Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences as research subjects, and combined group counseling theories and techniques, aiming at attribution-based intervention to alleviate depression. The plan consisted of eight sections. In study 2, we selected 16 students from single-parent families, who had mild to moderate depression but no other serious psychological problems. The students were divided into two groups, 8 for each, one the experiment group, the other the control group. Both groups underwent tests pre-counseling and post-counseling. the experimental group and control group underwent tests immediately after the group counseling plan was completed. Test results showed evidently that the depression of vocational students from single-parent families was significantly alleviated as a result of the group counseling. Their attributions also changed accordingly. Their positive attribution rose a bit, while negative attribution dropped a bit.Last but not the least, from the results above, we discovered that the group counseling plan designed in this research to alleviate depression of vocational students from single-parent families was not only able to significantly alleviate their depression,but was also able to change their attribution inclinations.