Wang, J., Zhang, C., Gao, Y., Wen, W., & Wang, F. (2016). Interventions by Mental Decontamination-Oriented Group Counseling in Lower Secondary School Orphan Students with High Self-Stigma Based on the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Chinese Journal of Special Education, 4, 84-89.
This study aims to explore the interventions by mental decontamination-oriented group counseling in lower secondary school orphan students with high self-stigma based on the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy（ ACT）,which is expected to tackle the problem of their high self-stigma and promote the development of their social skills. Based on the measuring traits of orphan students ’ self-stigma,and the ACT framework,the present study developed a mental decontamination-oriented group interventions program. A total of 40 students with high self-stigma were selected as subjects by using the Orphan Students’ Self-stigma Questionnaire,and 20 of them were randomly chosen as the experimental group while the rest as the control group. After group interventions,the results reveal that the experimental group scored significantly lower than the control group in self status-based sensitivity,self-slack,self-alienation,and self-narrowness. This indicates that the use of the ACT in the group interventions by mental decontamination in lower secondary school orphan students with high self-stigma can help effectively reduce their self-stigma.