ผลของการบูรณาการการปรึกษาเชิงจิตวิทยาแบบกลุ่มแนวจิตบำบัดแบบโลโก้กับวรรณกรรมบำบัดที่มีต่อการเสริมสร้างความหมายในชีวิตของนักศึกษามหาวิทยาลัย

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the effects of integrating Logotherapy group counseling with bibliotherapy on enhancing university students’ meaning in life. A quasiexperimental research with a pretest-posttest control group design was employed. Undergraduate students were selected by employing the purposive sampling method according to the inclusion criteria and the exclusion criteria. They consisted of 24 students that were categorized into two groups: 12 persons for an experimental group and 12 persons for a control group. The experimental group participated in the Logotherapy group counseling with bibliotherapy while the control group did not. The data were analyzed by employing descriptive statistic, independent and dependent t-test. The results of this research were as follows: 1. The university students who participated in the Logotherapy group counseling with bibliotherapy had higher meaning in life level with a statistically significant difference at .01. 2. The university students who participated in the Logotherapy group counseling with bibliotherapy had higher meaning in life level than the control group with a statistically significant difference at .01. In conclusion, the integration of Logotherapy group counseling with bibliotherapy could vigorously develop the undergraduate students’ meaning in life. Additionally, the results were discussed with the qualitative data in order to confirm the efficiency and the effectiveness of the group counseling program designed by the researcher on enhancing the undergraduate students’ meaning in life.