ABSTRACT

The present study includes an Motivational Interviewing-Existential Psychotherapy (MI–EP) group counseling program development and assessment of its effectiveness for college students having depressive symptoms. The program, consisting of 8 sessions over 4 weeks, was developed based on MI–EP to reduce depression and enhance a sense of meaning in life. The analysis, using a quasi-experimental design, demonstrated a significant decrease in depression of the experimental group. The sense of meaning in life was higher in the experimental group than in the control group. These results remained persistent during the follow-up test period, extending one-month post-treatment. The theoretical implications for the development and effectiveness verification of the MI–EP group counseling program were discussed, and suggestions were made for further research.

摘要

本研究包括动机访谈-存在心理治疗（MI-EP）团体咨询项目的开发和评估其对有抑郁症状的大学生的有效性。该计划由 4 周内的 8 个课程组成，是根据 MI-EP 制定的，旨在减少抑郁症并增强生活的意义感。该分析采用准实验设计，表明实验组的抑郁症显着下降。实验组的生命意义感高于对照组。这些结果在后续测试期间持续存在，并延长了治疗后一个月。讨论了 MI-EP 团体咨询项目的开发和有效性验证的理论意义，并提出了进一步研究的建议。