網路成癮傾向兒童之短期動力取向團體心理治療方案

Short-term Psychodynamic Group Program on Internet Addiction Children

With the popularity of internet use, internet addiction became the concern of counseling practice. Some research found that around 20% children were high-risk group of internet addiction. Thus, the purposes of this study were to review the literature of internet addiction research, and develop a group program which is based on short-term psychodynamic approach. This group program, which is lasting 16 sessions, is mainly for 5- or 6-grade male children in elementary school, and parents group is also included. The aims of children group are as follows: (1) enhancing the information of the effects of internet use, (2) promoting the self-awareness of emotion, (3) developing the reflective function, (4) improving the ego strength to contain the anxiety, (5) learning other coping strategies for emotion, (6) by the social interaction in this group, improving the reality social skill, and (7) promoting the self-awareness of internet using behavior. The aims of parents group are as follows: (1) teaching the safe and dangerous ways to use internet, (2) helping parents to empathize and contain their children, (3) promoting parentchild relationship, and (4) teaching parents how to help children thinking of their thought, feeling, and behavior. Besides, some evaluations of group effects were discussed.