The Enhancement of
Emotional Resilience of Undergraduate Students whose Families were affected by
the Unrest Situation in the Southern Border Provinces through Integrative
Counseling Model.
Received : 04/06/63 Maneenuch Rongpol [1]
Revised : 22/01/64 Pennapha Koolnaphadol[2]
accepted : 09/06/64 Pracha Inang[3]
Abstarct
The objective of this experimental
research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the integrative individual
counseling model to enhance emotional resilience of students. The population
was undergraduate students whose families were affected by the unrest situations
in the southern border provinces. The subjects in the study were 30
students purposively selected from 4 universities
including Songkhla Rajabhat University. They were randomly assigned into three
groups: two experiment groups and a control group. The research instruments
included the integrative individual counseling model to emotional resilience
consisted of 1) integrative counseling model based on rational emotive behavior
theory, conducted 12 sessions of 60-90 minutes
each; 2) social media counseling model based on solution-focused brief therapy,
conducted 8 sessions of 60-90 minutes
each. The data obtained were analyzed using two-way ANOVA repeated measurement.
The results were as follows: 1) the
students’ emotional resilience after participating in the integrative
counseling model and after the follow-up based on Rational emotive behavior
theory was significantly higher than pre-test at .05 level; 2) the students’
emotional resilience after participating in the social media counseling model and
after the follow-up based on solution-focused brief therapy was significantly
higher than pre-test at .05 level; 3) the students’ emotional resilience after
participating in the integrative counseling model and after the follow-up based
on Rational emotive behavior theory was significantly higher than the control
group at the .05 level (F = 50.076); 4)
the students’ emotional resilience after participating in the social media
counseling model and after the follow-up based on solution-focused brief therapy
was significantly higher than the control group at the .05 level. (F =30.742).
Keywords integrative counseling, emotional resilience, civil unrest, southern border provinces
[1] Ph.D. Student in Counseling Psychology Faculty of Education, Burapha University, ma_neenuch@hotmail.com
[2] Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology Faculty of Education, Burapha University
[3] Lecturer in Counseling Psychology Faculty of Education, Burapha University