1Student Department of Psychotherapy & Counseling. Gimcheon University, Korea
2Professor, Department of Psychotherapy & Counseling. Gimcheon University, Korea
*Corresponding Author: Sung-Joo Park Professor, Department of Psychotherapy & Counseling, Gimcheon University, Korea Email: loadpsj@gimcheon.ac.kr
Online published on 16 October, 2018.
The major goal of this research is to examine the influence of problem solving counselling program on the self-esteem and developing social skills for institutionalized children. Along with the ease of negative aspects of institutionally reared children, it is expected to have better interactions in human relationships..
For the experiment group and the controlled group, matching sample t-test was conducted after the pretest and posttest with scales of self-esteem and developing social skills. Statistical process was analyzed using SPSS program(ver.22).
problem solving focused counselling program was found to have a significant effect on selfesteem and developing social skills for the experiment group, and face-to-face talk and problem solving counselling program are reported to have a very significant effect on participants..
There is a need to continue efforts to develop and examine suitable programs for institutionalized children to make the research act as an expert role in helping improve them as socially accepted adults with a sound mind.
Problem Solving Theory, Self-esteem, Developing Social Skills, Institutionalized Children, Group Counselling, Program Development
