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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2021.19.9.373

The Effect of Un-tact Emotional Schema Group Counseling Program on the Improvement of Emotional Ability of Unmarried Couples with Relationship Conflict Experiences  

Jang, Sung-Ho (Gyeong-Buk Center, Korea Center On Gambling Problems)
Park, Jae-Seo (Department of Advanced Convergence, Handong Global University)
Hwang, Boon-Hong (Jeon-Buk Center, Korea Center On Gambling Problems)
Shin, Sung-Man (Counseling Psychology & Social Welfare, Handong Global University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.9, 2021 , pp. 373-383 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to develop an un-tact group counseling program to deal with the conflicts in the relationship of unmarried couples and to verify the effect of the program for improving emotional cognition and emotion regulation of unmarried couples. The research procedure consisted of the program development step and the program verification step, and in detail, 8 steps of program development processes were established. The subjects of the research were 11 unmarried couples, and 4 group were organized. The group counseling program was conducted once a week (2 sessions), a total of 10 sessions for 5 weeks. The effect was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. As a result of quantitative analysis, the participant's relationship satisfaction was significantly improved and there was a significant change in some relationship emotional schemas of participants. As a result of qualitatively analysis through participant's program review, participant's emotional understanding and the couple relationship were improved, and the group effect of the couple group counseling was found. Finally, the significance and limitations of this study were presented.
Keywords
Un-tact; Emotional Schema; Emotion Regulation; Couple Group Counseling; Unmarried Couples;
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