THE EFFECTS OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR OF GROUP COUNSELIN ON EMOTION REGULATION OF CHONBURI JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AT THE OBSERVATION

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to study the effects of cognitive behavior of group counseling on emotion regulation of Chonburi juvenile delinquency at the observation and protection center. The number of subjects in the research was 14 people, which were selected by a stratified sampling method. The subjects were categorized into two groups-the experimental group and the control group-and each group had seven people. The subjects comprised 14 persons, selected by a stratified which assigned in to the experimental group and the control group; each group comprised of seven (n:7) and control (n:7) groups. The instruments used to collect the data were measurement test of emotion regulation behavior and cognitive behavior modification group counseling. The intervention was administered for 12 sessions. Each session lasted sixty minutes. The research design was two-factor

experiment with repeated measures on one factor, the study was divided into 3 phases; the pre-test phase, the post-test phase and the follow-up phase. The data was analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variable; one between-subjects variable, one within-subjects variable and followed by paired-different test by Bonferroni Procedure. The results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences were also found in the method applied toward the five percepts among the duration of the experiment at a significant level of .05 The level of the regulate behavior emotion modification of the students in the experimental and the control group were significant different in the five percepts when measured in the post-test and the follow-up phases. And the level of the emotion regulation behavior of the student in the experimental group of the post-test and the follow-up phases were significant different in the five percepts from those in the pre-test phase.