The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of the Wonbuddhism Maum Study-based Group Counseling on Marital Satisfaction, Self-esteem, Mood, Self-efficacy, and Locus of Control. Untreated control group design with pretest-post-test, and pos...
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of the Wonbuddhism Maum Study-based Group Counseling on Marital Satisfaction, Self-esteem, Mood, Self-efficacy, and Locus of Control. Untreated control group design with pretest-post-test, and post 4 weeks. was used. The instruments was used not revised, some revised previous researchers' or developed by this researcher. The Counseling Program was developed based on Won Buddhism Maum Study by this researcher. The data was analyzed by using SPSS PC 11.5. Sixteen people in the Experimental group participated in the 'Maum-Study Group Counseling Program' through articles in the daily newspapers and Daumcafe 'Maum-Study', and seventeen people in the control group suggested to take the program. As a result of analysis, Marital satisfaction was effective just in the post test(p<.001), but not be continued the effect until post 4 weeks(p=.074). Self-esteem and mood were effective in the post test(p<.001, p<.001) and in the post 4 weeks(p<.001, p<.05). Self-efficacy was effective in both groups in the post test(p<.001, p<.001) and post 4 weeks(p<.001, p<.05), but there were no differences between groups. Locus of Control was not satisfactory with Homogeneity, even if it seemed to be differences between groups and times. So for Marital Satisfaction, strategies like the on-line Maumdiary were needed to be continued. Self-efficacy was also needed to prevent the errors of repetitive tests or to revise items. For Locus of Control it is needed to meet the requirement for homogeneity cautiously in selecting the control group. Future researches are suggested to develop other versions to new cohort groups.
Keywords : Wonbuddhism mind study, marital satisfaction, self-esteem, self-efficacy, mood, locus of control