The Impact of Group Counseling on Academic Self-Efficacy and Motivation Among Korean University Students With Academic Warnings

Myung-Hwa Lee, Myeung-Chan Kim, Woo-Jae Lee and Sun-Joung Leigh An

SAGE Open, 2025, vol. 15, issue 3, 21582440251356079

Abstract: This study examined the effectiveness of a group counseling program designed to support Korean university students (KUS) facing academic warnings. These students often navigate newfound independence amidst intense academic pressure, presenting significant challenges. The program, grounded in positive psychology and Adlerian individual psychology, aimed to empower KUS by enhancing their academic self-efficacy and self-determined learning motivation. Forty KUS with academic warnings participated, randomly assigned to either an experimental group ( n  = 20) or a control group ( n  = 20). The 8-week intervention consisted of eight 120-min sessions focusing on character strengths development, reframing narratives to cultivate a growth mindset, and fostering intrinsic motivation. Assessments measured changes in academic self-efficacy, self-determined learning motivation, and GPA. Significant enhancements in academic self-efficacy ( p  

Keywords: group counseling; positive psychology; Adler’s individual psychology; academic self-efficacy; self-determined learning motivation; Korean university students; academic warnings (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440251356079 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:15:y:2025:i:3:p:21582440251356079

DOI: 10.1177/21582440251356079

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in SAGE Open
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().