A Study On The Horticultural Therapy Intervention In Social Interaction Of Urban Veterans Group

Social interaction is an important guarantee for retired soldiers to complete their resocialization,and it is also an important way to improve their social adaptability.Compared with other ordinary local urban youth,the current social interaction problems of retired military personnel are more prominent,which are embodied in the following six aspects: social pressures,small social scope,single social mode,rigid social skills,low social confidence,and high social setting.Under the circumstance that the current support policy for veterans pays more attention to material than spirituality,this research chooses horticultural therapy,which is popular in foreign military social work,to carry out a social work intervention group,and explores the intervention effect of horticultural group on social interaction problems of local veterans.In this study,veterans in the T community were selected as service objects.First,home visits to veterans in the community are conducted to understand the current status and problems of their social interactions.Secondly,using the "Interpersonal Ability Scale" compiled by Chinese scholar Ma Jianqing as a measurement and evaluation tool,12 retired soldiers with social communication problems were selected in the community to form a gardening group.Taking the growth process of plants as the main line of activity design,using professional skills in a more comfortable group environment to help team members improve their communication skills and interpersonal skills,and enhance the self-identity and sense of value of veterans.The gardening group builds a social platform,blurs social barriers,and establishes a strong social support network,thereby effectively reducing the cost of social adaptation,alleviating the social discomfort of retired soldiers,and getting out of the predicament of social communication.Finally,after the end of the group and one month after the end of the group,use the interview method and the questionnaire method to evaluate the intervention effect of the group work.The results of the group activity intervention study showed that the gardening group played a certain positive role in the social interaction problems of veterans at three levels: physical,psychological,and social.Gardening groups can not only relieve the pressure on retired soldiers,and stimulate their social self-confidence,but more importantly,developing a gardening group can build a good social communication platform for retired soldiers,which will help to expand the social level of retired soldiers and enhance social support.